Table 1.
- Socio-demographics for the study participants based on being a case of PTSD or not* (N=279).
| Characteristics | Non-case of PTSD n (%) |
A case of PTSD n (%) |
Total n (%) |
χ2 P-value |
| Age group (years) | ||||
| Young (18-30) | 47 (31.8) | 135 (68.2) | 182 (56.2) | χ2=9.19 p=0.01 |
| Middle-aged (31-45) | 36 (42.3) | 45 (57.7) | 45 (34.8) | |
| Old-aged (45) | 6 (48.0) | 10 (52.0) | 10 (9.0) | |
| Gender | ||||
| Males | 61 (41.8) | 85 (58.2) | 146 (52.3) | χ2=13.8 p<0.001 |
| Females | 28 (31.6) | 105 (68.4) | 133 (47.7) | |
| Educational level | ||||
| Illiterate | 1(33.3) | 2(66.7) | 3 (1.1) | χ2=0.68 p=0.878 |
| Primary | 45 (34.1) | 87 (65.9) | 132 (47.3) | |
| Secondary | 26 (30.9) | 58 (69.0) | 84 (30.1) | |
| University | 17 (28.3) | 43 (71.7) | 60 (21.5) | |
| Marital status | ||||
| Single | 26 (27.7) | 68 (72.3) | 94 (33.7) | χ2=2.84 p=0.42 |
| Married | 58 (33.5) | 115 (66.5) | 173 (62.0) | |
| Divorced | 3 (60.0) | 2 (40.0) | 5 (1.80) | |
| Widowed | 2 (28.6) | 5 (71.4) | 7 (2.50) | |
| Employment status | ||||
| Unemployed | 57 (28.0) | 147 (72.0) | 204 (73.0) | χ2= 5.47 p=0.019 |
| Employed | 32 (42.7) | 43 (57.3) | 75 (27.0) | |
| Having a family member died in the conflict | ||||
| No | 64 (51.6) | 60 (48.4) | 124 (44.4) | χ2= 39.9 |
| Yes | 25 (16.1) | 130 (83.9) | 155 (55.6) | p<0.001 |
| If peace restore, you would go back to your country | ||||
| No | 8 (14.0) | 49 (86.0) | 57 (20.4) | χ2= 10.5 |
| Yes | 81 (36.5) | 141 (63.5) | 222 (79.6) | p=0.001 |
Values are presented as number and percentage (%). *Mean score >2.5 on the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (HTQ)-16’s sub-items or entire scale (HTQ-45) indicated a case of post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD), χ2: Chi-square, p: significant level