Table 1. Demographic, injury and trauma characteristics of the sample.
| Total sample | Meets DSM-IV Criteria (n=126) |
Does Not Meet Criteria (n=74) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | ||||
| 18-25 | 60 (30) | 41 (32.5) | 19 (25.7) | 0.359 |
| 25-40 | 86 (43) | 55 (43.7) | 31 (41.9) | |
| >40 | 54 (27) | 30 (23.8) | 24 (32.4) | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 134 (67) | 87 (69.0) | 47 (63.5) | 0.422 |
| Female | 66 (33) | 39 (31.0) | 27 (36.5) | |
| Race | ||||
| Black | 105 (53) | 65 (52) | 40 (54.1) | 0.884 |
| Coloured | 92 (46.2) | 59 (47.2) | 33 (44.6) | |
| Other | 2 (1) | 1 (0.8) | 1 (1.4) | |
| Marital status | ||||
| Alone | 105 (53) | 69 (54.8) | 36 (50) | 0.518 |
| In a relationship | 93 (47) | 57 (45.2) | 36 (50) | |
| Completed High School | ||||
| Yes | 65 (32.5) | 39 (31) | 26 (35.1) | 0.546 |
| No | 135 (67.5) | 87 (69) | 48 (64.9) | |
| Employed | ||||
| Yes | 104 (52) | 56 (44.4) | 48 (64.9) | 0.05* |
| No | 96 (48) | 70 (55.6) | 26 (35.1) | |
| Injury presentation | ||||
| Unintentional | 82 (41) | 44 (34.9) | 38 (51.4) | 0.023* |
| Intentional | 118 (59) | 82 (65.1) | 36 (48.6) | |
| # prev intent injuries (med, range) | 0, 12 | 1, 12 | 0,4 | <0.001* |
| Community violence (mean, sd) | 5.9, 3 | 6.47; 2.71 | 4.94; 3.19 | 0.001* |
| Lifetime traumas (THQ) | ||||
| 0 | 29 (14.5) | 16 (12.7) | 13 (17.6) | 0.007* |
| 1 to 10 | 88 (44) | 47 (37.3) | 41 (55.4) | |
| 11 to 20 | 41 (20.5) | 28 (22.2) | 13 (17.6) | |
| > 20 | 42 (21) | 35 (27.8) | 7 (9.5) |
*
p<0.5