Table 2.
The prevalence characteristics of the study sample (n = 3,133)
| Characteristics | PTSD (n = 1,054) |
Without PTSD (n = 2,079) | statistics | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | χ2 | p | |
| Gender | ||||
| male | 414(39.3) | 927(44.6) | 8.06 | .005** |
| female | 640(60.7) | 1,152(55.4) | ||
| Age | ||||
| ≤ 28 | 299(28.4) | 543(26.1) | 14.53 | .002** |
| 29–37 | 268(25.4) | 487(23.4) | ||
| 38–48 | 284(26.9) | 522(25.1) | ||
| ≥ 49 | 203(19.3) | 527(25.3) | ||
| M = 38.73, SD = 14.14 yrs. | ||||
| Marital Status | ||||
| single | 158(15.0) | 382(18.4) | 6.01 | .05* |
| married | 809(76.8) | 1,519(73.1) | ||
| divorced/widowed | 87(8.2) | 178(8.5) | ||
| Educational Status | ||||
| illiterate | 15(1.4) | 40(1.9) | 9.47 | .05* |
| elementary school | 677(64.3) | 1,248(60.0) | ||
| primary school | 176(16.7) | 358(17.2) | ||
| secondary school | 151(14.3) | 324(15.6) | ||
| academic degree | 35(3.3) | 109(5.3) | ||
| Affected Area | ||||
| direct affected area | 823(78.1) | 1,053(50.6) | 219.11 | .000** |
| non direct affected area | 231(21.9) | 1,026(49.4) | ||
| Physical Condition | ||||
| illness | 308(29.2) | 447(21.5) | 22.79 | .000** |
| healthy | 746(70.8) | 1,632(78.5) | ||
| History of Previous Trauma, < 12 yrs. | ||||
| trauma | 482(45.7) | 730(35.1) | 33.24 | .000** |
| no trauma | 572 (54.3) | 1,349(64.9) | ||
| History of Previous Trauma, 12–18 yrs. | ||||
| trauma | 419(39.8) | 638(30.7) | 25.71 | .000** |
| no trauma | 635(60.2) | 1,441(69.3) | ||
| Known Tsunami Before | ||||
| known | 358(34.0) | 626(30.1) | 4.83 | .028* |
| unknown | 696(66.0) | 1,453(69.9) | ||
| Physical Injury | ||||
| physical injury | 327(31.0) | 283(13.6) | 135.25 | .000** |
| no Physical injury | 727(69.0) | 1,796(86.4) | ||
| Loss of Family Member | ||||
| yes | 588(55.8) | 956(46.0) | 26.89 | .000** |
| no | 466(44.2) | 1,123(54.0) | ||
| Loss of Property | ||||
| yes | 240(22.8) | 1,012(48.7) | 195.66 | .000** |
| no | 814(77.2) | 1,067(51.3) | ||
| Loss of Career | ||||
| yes | 493(46.8) | 678(32.6) | 59.93 | .000** |
| no | 561(53.2) | 1,401(67.4) | ||
*p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.