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Table 3 Violence exposure and psychological distress indicators

From: High levels of mortality, exposure to violence and psychological distress experienced by the internally displaced population of Ein Issa camp prior to and during their displacement in Northeast Syria, November 2017

Indicator

Group

Total

n

% (95%CI)

Violence exposure in the previous year

 Exposed to at least one violent episode

Overall

1478a

469

31.7% (29.4–34.2)

 Exposed to at least one violent episode

< 15 years

818a

167

20.4% (17.8–23.3)

 Witnessed atrocities (such as public floggings, executions, public dead body displays)

Overall

1478a

279

18.9% (17.0–21.0)

 Witnessed atrocities (such as public floggings, executions, public dead body displays)

< 15 years

818a

80

9.8% (7.9–12.0)

 Detained/kidnapped

Men ≥15 years

265a

42

15.8% (11.9–20.8)

 Tortured/beaten/attacked

Men ≥15 years

265a

30

11.3% (8.0–15.8)

Two-week psychological distress symptoms

 So distressed/disturbed/upset that they were completely or almost completely inactive

> 2 years

1286a

485

37.7% (35.1–40.4)

 Uninterested in things they used to like most of the time

Respondents

257

75

29.3% (24.0–35.2)

 So hopeless that they did not want to carry on living most of the time

Respondents

257

37

14.4% (10.6–19.3)

 Bedwetting on at least two occasions

Children aged 5–12 years

446a

91

20.4% (16.9–24.4)

  1. a Missing values were excluded