Table 2.
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics according to trauma history.
| No history of trauma (n = 9) | With a history of sexual abuse trauma (n = 18) | With a history of other non-sexual traumas (n = 18) | |||
| Marital status, n (%) | Married | 7 (77.8) | 9 (50.0) | 9 (50.0) | Fisher’s exact test, p = 0.673 |
| Single | 2 (22.2) | 8 (44.4) | 7 (38.9) | ||
| Divorced/widowed | 0 (0.0) | 1 (5.6) | 2 (11.1) | ||
| Occupation, n (%) | Unemployed | 3 (33.3) | 7 (38.9) | 9 (50.0) | Fisher’s exact test, p = 0.384 |
| Housekeeper/underemployed | 3 (33.3) | 6 (33.3) | 3 (16.7) | ||
| Employed | 3 (33.3) | 2 (11.1) | 1 (5.6) | ||
| Student | 0 (0.0) | 3 (16.7) | 3 (16.7) | ||
| Disability pension | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (11.1) | ||
| Education, n (%) | Less than 12 years | 5 (55.6) | 6 (33.3) | 9 (50.0) | 2 = 1.57, p = 0.455 |
| More than 12 years | 4 (44.4) | 12 (66.7) | 9 (50.0) | ||
| Age, median (P25, P75) | 30.0 (26.0, 39.0) | 30.0 (20.5, 43.0) | 35.5 (25.7, 51.5) | H = 1.51, p = 0.471 | |
| Age of seizure onset, median (P25, P75) | 14.0 (8.8, 26.0) | 18.0 (11.0, 26.0) | 28.0 (16.2, 38.2) | H = 7.29, p = 0.026 | |
| Age of trauma, median (P25, P75) | - | 13.5 (8.0, 17.0) | 17.0 (12.5, 37.5) | Z = –1.70, p = 0.089 | |
| Frequency (monthly), median (P25, P75) | 9.5 (3.2, 30.0) | 8.0 (3.0, 16.0) | (7.0, 30.0) | H = 2.27, p = 0.321 | |
| Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF), mean (SD) | 63.3 (9.3) | 62.2 (7.9) | 60.8 (10.2) | Fisher’s exact test, p = 0.786 | |
| Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCID-I), n (%) | Depressive disorders | 7 (77.8) | 12 (66.7) | 12 (66.7) | 2 = 0.41, p = 0.813 |
| Anxiety disorders | 3 (33.3) | 6 (33.3) | 6 (33.3) | 2 = 0.00, p = 0.999 | |
| Conversion disorder | 2 (22.2) | 10 (55.6) | 10 (55.6) | Fisher’s exact test, p = 0.251 | |
| Dissociative disorders | 3 (33.3) | 9 (50.0) | 9 (50.0) | Fisher’s exact test, p = 0.794 | |
| Psychotic disorders | 1 (11.1) | 1 (5.6) | 0 (0.0) | Fisher’s exact test, p = 0.673 | |
| Post-traumatic stress disorder | 0 (0.0) | 7 (38.9) | 2 (11.1) | Fisher’s exact test, p = 0.031 | |
| Somatization disorder | 2 (22.2) | 1 (5.6) | 5 (27.8) | Fisher’s exact test, p = 0.209 | |
| Impulse-control disorders | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (5.6) | Fisher’s exact test, p = 0.999 | |
| Bipolar disorders | 0 (0.0) | 2 (11.1) | 2 (11.1) | Fisher’s exact test, p = 0.667 | |
| Substance-related disorders | 0 (0.0) | 1 (5.6) | 0 (0.0) | Fisher’s exact test, p = 0.999 | |
| Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II Personality Disorders (SCID II), n (%) | Cluster A personality disorder | 1 (11.1) | 4 (22.2) | 5 (27.8) | Fisher’s exact test, p = 0.737 |
| Cluster B personality disorder | 4 (44.4) | 11 (61.1) | 9 (50.0) | Fisher’s exact test, p = 0.741 | |
| Cluster C personality disorder | 3 (33.3) | 3 (16.7) | 3 (16.7) | Fisher’s exact test, p = 0.560 | |
| Use of psychotropic medications, n (%) | 4 (44.4) | 10 (55.6) | 11 (61.1) | 2 = 0.67, p = 0.714 | |
| History of psychiatric hospitalization, n (%) | 1 (11.1) | 3 (16.7) | 1 (5.6) | Fisher’s exact test, p = 0.828 | |
| History of suicide attempts, n (%) | 1 (11.1) | 9 (50.0) (*) | 3 (16.7) | 2 = 6.59, p = 0.037 | |
(*) Three cases presented more than one suicide attempt.