Table 1.
Exposure to PTEs in Kenyan School Children
| Potentially traumatic events | Entire sample | Full PTSD | No PTSD | Odds Ratio (OR) | 95% confidence interval (CI) | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||||
| Being involved in post-election violence | 337 | 13.9 | 148 | 22.6 | 189 | 10.6 | 2.46 | 1.94–3.12 | <.001 |
| Being in another kind of disaster, like a fire or flood | 285 | 11.7 | 136 | 20.8 | 149 | 8.4 | 2.87 | 2.23–3.70 | <.001 |
| Being in a bad accident, like a very serious car accident | 223 | 9.2 | 102 | 15.6 | 121 | 6.8 | 2.54 | 1.91–3.36 | <.001 |
| Being in a place where a war was going on around you | 910 | 37.4 | 334 | 51.1 | 576 | 32.4 | 2.17 | 1.81–2.61 | <.001 |
| Being hit, punched, or kicked very hard at home (not ordinary fights) | 582 | 23.9 | 237 | 36.1 | 345 | 19.4 | 2.34 | 1.92–2.86 | <.001 |
| Seeing a family member being hit, punched or kicked very hard at home | 566 | 23.3 | 224 | 34.2 | 342 | 19.2 | 2.18 | 1.79–2.67 | <.001 |
| Being beaten up, shot at or threatened to be hurt badly in your area | 412 | 17.0 | 182 | 27.8 | 230 | 13.0 | 2.58 | 2.07–3.22 | <.001 |
| Seeing someone in your area being beaten up, shot at or killed | 1139 | 46.9 | 372 | 57.1 | 767 | 43.2 | 1.76 | 1.46–2.09 | <.001 |
| Seeing a dead body in your area (do not include funerals) | 1019 | 41.9 | 335 | 51.2 | 684 | 38.5 | 1.67 | 1.39–2.00 | <.001 |
| Having an adult or someone much older touch your private sexual body parts | 244 | 10.0 | 115 | 17.6 | 129 | 7.3 | 2.72 | 2.08–3.56 | <.001 |
| Hearing about the violent death or serious injury of a loved one | 1020 | 42.0 | 354 | 54.1 | 666 | 37.5 | 1.96 | 1.64–2.36 | <.001 |
| Having painful and scary medical treatment in a hospital | 740 | 30.4 | 299 | 45.7 | 441 | 24.8 | 2.54 | 2.11–3.07 | <.001 |