Table 2 Traumatic events experienced or witnessed as assessed by modified HTQ-GEV ( N = 151)
Traumatic event | N | % |
|---|---|---|
1. Severely injured or almost killed | 101 | 66.9% |
2. Tortured | 88 | 58.3% |
3. Combat or armed encounter | 81 | 53.6% |
4. Captured or put in prison | 82 | 54.3% |
5. Received death threats | 94 | 62.3% |
6. Sexually assaulted, battered, abused | 47 | 31.1% |
7. Forced to serve in the military/Sendero/rondas* | 57 | 37.7% |
8. Forced to kill others | 23 | 15.2% |
9. Violent death of family members, relatives | 104 | 68.9% |
10. Violent death of friends or neighbours | 126 | 83.4% |
11. Any of your relatives/friends disappeared | 109 | 72.2% |
12. House/animals/harvest were burnt or stolen | 87 | 57.6% |
13. Forced to escape or have passed days starving | 108 | 71.5% |
14. Forced to seek refuge in a village nearby | 96 | 63.6% |
15. Forced to seek refuge in another city, town | 105 | 69.5% |