Table 1. Demographic and clinical profiles of the Peter C. Alderman program participants by gender (N = 2,868).
| Characteristics | Adults (18 years & over) | Children/Adolescents (0–18 years) | Total | ||||
| Male N = 940 n(%) | Female N = 1,050 n(%) | ?2 | Male N = 470 n(%) | Female N = 408 n(%) | ?2 | N = 2,868 n(%) | |
| Age (mean) (age range) | 34.5(19–79) | 37.3(19–82) | 13.4(5–18) | 13.6(5–18) | |||
| Marital status: | |||||||
| Married | 561(59.68) | 518(49.33) | 21.4* | 43(9.15) | 28(6.86) | 1.5 | 1150(40.09) |
| Widowed | 44(4.68) | 260(24.76) | 24.5* | 15(3.19) | 2(0.49) | 0.1 | 321(11.19) |
| Divorced/separated | 91(9.68) | 182(17.33) | 154.1* | 15(3.19) | 14(3.43) | 8.4 | 302(10.53) |
| Attending school | 230(24.47) | 145(13.81) | 36.8* | 350(74.47) | 293(71.81) | 0.8 | 1018(35.49) |
| Employment status: | |||||||
| Employed | 517(55) | 559(53.24) | 76(16.17) | 90(22.06) | 1242(43.31) | ||
| Not employed | 423(45) | 491(46.76) | 61.8* | 394(83.83) | 318(77.94) | 5.1 | 1626(56.69) |
| Vulnerable groups | |||||||
| Formerly abducted | 306(32.55) | 334(31.81) | 0.1 | 72(15.32) | 47(11.52) | 2.7 | 759(26.46) |
| Victim of domestic violence | 233(24.79) | 465(44.29) | 82.8* | 109(23.19) | 95(23.28) | 0.1 | 902(31.45) |
| Suffered sexual violence | 83(8.83) | 247(23.52) | 77.4* | 32(6.81) | 53(12.99) | 9.5* | 415(14.47) |
| Living in an IDP camp | 510(54.26) | 673(64.1) | 19.9* | 291(61.91) | 244(59.8) | 0.4 | 1718(59.9) |
| Former combatants | 190(20.21) | 70(6.67) | 80.1* | 37(7.87) | 23(5.64) | 1.7 | 320(11.16) |
| Orphans (N = 878) | - | - | - | 158(33.62) | 160(39.22) | 2.9 | 318(36.22) |
| HIV positive | 102(10.85) | 160(15.24) | 11.3* | 9(1.91) | 14(3.43) | 2.6 | 285(9.94) |
| No. of traumatic events experienced | |||||||
| ≤3 | 93(9.89) | 114(10.86) | 29(6.17) | 30(7.35) | 226(9.30) | ||
| 4–6 | 101(10.74) | 177(16.86) | 17(3.62) | 30(7.35) | 325(11.33) | ||
| >6 | 746(79.36) | 759(72.29) | 16.9* | 424(90.21) | 348(85.29) | 6.8* | 2277(79.4) |
| Clinical diagnoses | |||||||
| Depression | 369(39.26) | 684(65.14) | 133.4* | 119(25.32) | 125(30.64) | 3.1 | 1297(45.22) |
| Epilepsy | 284(30.21) | 205(19.52) | 30.5* | 381(81.06) | 285(69.85) | 14.9* | 1155(40.27) |
| PTSD | 402(42.77) | 538(51.24) | 14.2* | 62(13.19) | 74(18.14) | 4.1* | 1076(37.52) |
| Alcohol/substance use disorders | 200(21.3) | 43(4.1) | 135.8* | 11(2.3) | 1(0.3) | 7.1* | 256(9.0) |
| Non-lethal suicidal behavior | 49(5.2) | 71(6.8) | 2.1 | 10(2.1) | 19(4.7) | 4.4* | 149(5.2) |
| Bipolar disorder | 70(7.5) | 61(5.8) | 2.2 | 8(1.7) | 11(2.7) | 1.1 | 150(5.2) |
| Schizophrenia | 56(6.0) | 32(3.1) | 9.9* | 5(1.1) | 1(0.3) | 2.2 | 89(3.1) |
| Other psychotic disorders§a | 123(13.1) | 92(8.8) | 9.6* | 20(4.3) | 15(3.7) | 0.2 | 236(8.2) |
| Other mental disordersb | 103(11) | 156(14.8) | 6.7* | 31(6.6) | 42(10.3) | 3.9* | 332(11.6) |
| Childhood developmental disorders | - | - | - | 55(11.7) | 41(10.1) | 0.6 | 159(5.5) |
| Psycho-therapeutic interventions | |||||||
| Group counseling | 66(7.0) | 123(11.7) | 12.7* | 18(3.8) | 16(3.9) | 0.0 | 223(7.8) |
| Individual counseling | 693(73.7) | 915(87.4) | 57.5* | 311(66.2) | 289(70.8) | 2.2 | 2,208(77.0) |
| Family counseling | 207(22.0) | 232(22.1) | 0.0 | 201(42.8) | 141(34.6) | 6.2* | 781(27.2) |
| Traditional/faith healing | 216(23.0) | 230(22.0) | 0.3 | 61(12.9) | 45(11.0) | 0.8 | 552 (19.3) |
| Home visits | 34(3.62) | 63(6.0) | 6.1* | 21(4.5) | 16(3.9) | 0.2 | 134 (4.7) |
| Psychotropic medications | |||||||
| Anti-psychotics | |||||||
| Haloperidol | 167(18.0) | 124(12.0) | 56.2* | 33(7.1) | 31(7.6) | 0.1 | 357(12.5) |
| Chlorpromazine | 147(15.7) | 57(5.6) | 13.6* | 22(4.7) | 13(3.2) | 1.8 | 240(8.4) |
| Antidepressants | |||||||
| Amitriptyline | 388(41.4) | 658(63.2) | 96.6* | 65(14) | 70(17.7) | 4.2 | 1183(41.5) |
| Imipramine | 100(10.7) | 173(16.7) | 14.8* | 31(6.6) | 37(9.1) | 1.8 | 341(12.0) |
| Fluoxetine | 19(2.0) | 25(2.4) | 0.32 | 3(0.6) | 2(0.5) | 0.1 | 49(1.7) |
| Benzodiazepines | 102(11.0) | 59(5.7) | 19.0* | 21(4.5) | 17(4.2) | 0.1 | 200(7.0) |
| Anti-convulsants | 287(33.5) | 206(22.7) | 29.0* | 365(79.7) | 280(71.8) | 7.7* | 1143(43.6) |
χ2: chi-square.
*
Chi-square p-value≤0.05.
a
Includes organic psychosis, paranoid psychosis, post-partum psychosis.
b
Includes somatoform disorders, insomnia, bereavement, and other anxiety disorders such as generalized anxiety, panic anxiety.