Table 3.

Comparison of PTSD score and presence of PTSD according to various characteristics of the participants

		Presence of PTSD
		Number	%	Number	%	χ2	p**
Educational status	Secondary school or below	43	55.8	34	44.2	2.088	0.148
	High school or higher	43	44.8	53	55.2
Employment status	Employed	35	47.3	39	52.7	0.301	0.583
	Unemployed	51	51.5	48	48.5
Marital status	Married	78	47.3	87	52.7	8.485	0.003
	Widowed	8	100.0	0	.0
Residence place	Tent	61	64.9	33	35.1	18.981	< 0.001
	Other	25	31.6	54	68.4
Presence of death in the family	Yes	42	63.6	24	36.4	8.277	0.004
	No	44	41.1	63	58.9
Continuing breastfeeding	Yes	43	34.4	82	65.6	42.247	< 0.001
	No	43	89.6	5	10.4
Breastfeeding duration	0–6 months	74	79.6	19	20.4	71.723	< 0.001
	7–24 months	12	15.0	68	85.0
Use of assistive devices while breastfeeding	Yes	17	35.4	31	64.6	5.430	0.02
	No	69	55.2	56	44.8
Complementary food	Yes	31	29.5	74	70.5	43.546	< 0.001
	No	55	80.9	13	19.1
Reduced breast milk supply because of earthquake	Yes	86	63.2	50	36.8	46.525	< 0.001
	No	0	.0	37	100.0
Received breastfeeding training status	Yes	32	26.9	87	73.1	79.417	< 0.001
	No	54	100,0	0	.0

Abbreviations: PTSD Post-traumatic stress disorder, χ2 Chi-square test statistic

^**Chi-square analysis was applied