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Table 2 Association between traumatic events, mental disorders and PTSD

From: Prevalence and factors associated with PTSD among female urban slum dwellers in Ibadan, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

Childhood trauma

PTSD symptoms

n (%)

No PTSD symptoms

n (%)

P value

Sexual abuse

 None

15 (65.22)

486 (92.22)

0.000*

 Any sexual abuse

8 (34.78)

41 (7.78)

 

Emotional abuse

 None

4 (17.39)

159 (30.17)

0.246a

 Any emotional abuse

19 (82.61)

368 (69.83)

 

Physical abuse

 None

8 (34.78)

265 (50.28)

0.146

 Any physical abuse

15 (65.22)

262 (49.72)

 

Recent Stressors (Items)

Suffered serious illness, injury or assault

 No

18 (78.26)

450 (85.39)

 

 Yes

5 (21.74)

77 (14.61)

0.34

Serious illness, injury or assault happened to a close relative

 No

21 (91.30)

492 (93.36)

 

 Yes

2 (8.70)

35 (6.64)

0.66a

Parent, child or spouse died

 No

20 (86.96)

469 (88.99)

 

 Yes

3 (13.04)

58 (11.01)

0.73a

A close family friend or another relative (aunt, cousin, grandparent) died

 No

22 (95.65)

454 (86.15)

0.19a

 Yes

1 (4.35)

73 (13.85)

 

Recent stressors (Total)

 No stressors

14 (60.87)

375 (71.16)

 

 Any stressors

9 (39.13)

152 (28.84)

0.28

Past year Intimate Partner Violence

 No

18 (78.26)

441 (83.68)

 

 Yes

5 (21.74)

86 (16.32)

0.49

Depression

 No depression

22 (95.65)

524 (99.43)

0.15a

 Depression

1 (4.35)

3 (0.57)

 

Anxiety

 No anxiety

16 (69.57)

496 (94.12)

0.00*

 Anxiety

7 (30.43)

31 (5.88)

 
  1. aFishers exact *p < 0.05