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Table 1 Means of important indicators across national and gender groups (Standard Deviation in brackets)

From: Trauma, poverty and mental health among Somali and Rwandese refugees living in an African refugee settlement – an epidemiological study

Key Indicators

Camp

Men

Women

Somali

Rwandese

Somali Men

Somali Women

Rwandese Men

Rwandese Women

No. of Events

(Lifetime)

9.98

(5.68)

11

(5.54)

9.17

(5.66)

11.95

(6.17)

8.86

(5.05)

11.75

(5.97)

12.16

(6.38)

10.47

(5.16)

7.77

(4.67)

No. of recent Events

0.29

(1.27)

0.3

(0.99)

0.29

(1.45)

0.45

(1.93)

0.2

(0.63)

0.38

(1.3)

0.53

(2.42)

0.23

(0.71)

0.17

(0.58)

PDS Sum Score

14.1

(13.54)

14.77

(13.33)

13.53

(13.69)

21.17

(16.19)

10.05

(9.7)

19.81

(15.82)

22.58

(16.48)

11.17

(9.77)

9.28

(9.58)

Arousal symptoms

3.76

(4.2)

3.77

(4.03)

3.75

(4.34)

5.73

(5.23)

2.63

(2.95)

5.19

(4.89)

6.28

(5.52)

2.75

(2.89)

2.56

(2.99)

Intrusion symptoms

5.0

(4.85)

5.22

(4.9)

4.83

(4.81)

7.19

(5.98)

3.76

(3.51)

6.71

(6.06)

7.7

(5.89)

4.15

(3.51)

3.49

(3.49)

Avoidance symptoms

5.32

(5.61)

5.78

(5.72)

4.95

(5.5)

8.25

(6.46)

3.66

(4.25)

7.91

(6.62)

8.6

(6.28)

4.27

(4.42)

3.23

(4.09)

Active Avoidance

2.79

(2.82)

2.97

(2.79)

2.65

(2.83)

4.46

(2.95)

1.84

(2.24)

4.27

(2.93)

4.65

(2.97)

2.05

(2.27)

1.7

(2.21)

Passive Avoidance

2.53

(3.35)

2.81

(3.54)

2.3

(3.16)

3.8

(4.28)

1.81

(2.39)

3.65

(4.47)

3.95

(4.08)

2.22

(2.54)

1.53

(2.24)

Anxiety

0.75

(0.74)

0.72

(0.70)

0.78

(0.77)

0.95

(0.91)

0.64

(0.59)

0.81

(0.82)

1.09

(0.98)

0.65

(0.58)

0.63

(0.59)

Depression

0.77

(0.81)

0.81

(0.81)

0.73

(0.81)

1.33

(1.01)

0.44

(0.42)

1.25

(0.98)

1.40

(1.03)

0.49

(0.44)

0.42

(0.41)

Meals

1.43

(0.53)

1.39

(0.51)

1.46

(0.54)

1.06

(0.34)

1.64

(0.5)

1.10

(0.38)

1.02

(0.29)

1.60

(0.49)

1.67

(0.5)

Health complaints sum score

4.35

(2.54)

4.18

(2.57)

4.48

(2.52)

4.22

(2.77)

4.42

(2.41)

4.05

(2.65)

4.41

(2.87)

4.28

(2.50)

4.5

(2.34)

Functioning Deficits

2.07

(2.26)

2.44

(2.36)

1.81

(2.16)

2.45

(3.14)

2.02

(2.09)

2.23

(3.01)

2.71

(3.31)

2.48

(2.21)

1.71

(1.97)

Drug sum score

0.74

(3.25)

1.33

(4.65)

0.27

(1.22)

0.27

(1.57)

0.99

(3.87)

0.53

(2.18)

0.004

(0.06)

1.89

(5.72)

0.4

(1.46)

Household size

5.39

(3.27)

5.05

(3.26)

5.66

(3.25)

6.68

(3.76)

4.65

(2.69)

6.19

(3.44)

7.19

(3.99)

4.23

(2.85)

4.93

(2.53)

Years spent in camp

3.88

(2.64)

4.12

(2.67)

3.69

(2.60)

5.7

(2.03)

2.85

(2.38)

5.74

(2.14)

5.65

(1.91)

2.96

(2.39)

2.78

(2.37)

Education

3.82

(3.83)

4.92

(4.18)

2.95

(3.28)

5.04

(4.49)

3.13

(3.20)

6.83

(4.45)

3.2

(3.73)

3.57

(3.38)

2.84

(3.04)

Asset value

($)

9.99

(12.1)

11.59

$(14)

8.73

(10.15)

(10.21)

(12.24)

9.87

(12.0)

11.04

(12.5)

9.36

(11.9)

11.98

(15.0)

8.43

(9.20)

Age

31.65

(12.7)

32.46

(13.1)

31.00

(12.4)

29.55

(12.3)

32.84

(12.8)

28.89

(11.2)

30.22

(13.4)

34.98

(13.8

31.37

(11.9)

Sexual Events

0.79

(1.34)

0.43

(0.92)

0.95

(1.47)

1.29

(1.87)

0.64

(1.11)

0.00

(0.00)

1.36

(1.88)

0.45

(0.94)

0.77

(1.19)

Violent Events

6.23

(3.25)

6.69

(3.12)

5.84

(3.27)

6.93

(3.31)

5.83

(3.12)

6.99

(3.16)

6.89

(3.54)

6.52

(3.01)

5.36

(3.05)