Table 2.
Frequency of caregivers’ lifetime exposure to violence and trauma
| Description of traumatic event experienced | PTSD negative (n=1072) n (%) |
PTSD positive (n=361) n (%) |
All caregivers (N=1434) n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serious accident at home or work | 90 (8.4) | 50 (13.9) | 140 (9.8) |
| A natural disaster such as hurricane or flood | 313 (29.2) | 180 (49.9) | 493 (34.4) |
| Physical assault or abuse by a partner at some time in their adult life | 136 (12.7) | 111 (30.8) | 247 (17.2) |
| Physical assault or abuse by someone other than a partner at some time in their adult life | 47 (4.4) | 54 (15.0) | 101 (7.0) |
| Physical assault or abuse experienced as a child | 86 (8.0) | 53 (14.7) | 139 (9.7) |
| Witnessed assault or harm inflicted on family members while growing up | 164 (15.3) | 100 (27.7) | 264 (18.4) |
| Sexual abuse experienced during their adult life | 26 (2.4) | 17 (4.7) | 43 (3.0) |
| Sexual abuse experienced as a child | 24 (2.2) | 23 (6.4) | 47 (3.3) |
| Witnessed physical assault inflicted on another person/s | 136 (12.7) | 89 (24.7) | 225 (15.7) |
| Witnessed someone being seriously injured or violently killed | 64 (6.0) | 52 (14.4) | 116 (8.1) |
| Loss of a child through death | 175 (16.3) | 138 (38.2) | 313 (21.8) |