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Table 3 Other trauma reported by Congolese women living in Kampala, Uganda

From: Conflict-related violence and mental health among self-settled Democratic Republic of Congo female refugees in Kampala, Uganda – a respondent driven sampling survey

Characteristic

Value (n = 580)

Weighted percentage (95% CI)

Lack of shelter

492

82.7 (77.5–86.9)

Lack of food or water

511

87.9 (83.2–91.4)

Lack of access to health care

453

79.2 (74.1–83.5)

Destruction of property

505

84.3 (79.1–88.4)

Experience of combat situation

527

92.7 (89.3–95.1)

Physical abuse

473

84.2 (79.8–87.7)

Knifing

224

37.6 (32.0–43.7)

Torture

356

60.9 (54.8–66.7)

War-related injury

306

54.0 (47.9–60.0)

Imprisonment

106

18.1 (13.9–23.1)

Forced labor

244

43.5 (37.6–49.6)

Extortion

467

77.9 (72.4–82.7)

Kidnapped

314

55.1 (49.0–61.0)

Forced separation from family

492

84.1 (79.5–87.8)

Forced to find and bury bodies

161

27.8 (22.7–33.5)

Prevented from burying someone

163

29.5 (24.3–35.4)

Forced to desecrate bodies or graves

33

6.4 (4.0–10.3)

Forced to physically harm another person

90

18.3 (13.9–23.7)

Forced to betray family or friend

39

10.0 (6.5–15.1)

Experienced violent death of spouse or child

192

32.9 (27.4–38.9)

Experienced other family member or friend’s violent death

228

39.8 (34.0–45.9)

Experienced disappearance, kidnapping of spouse or child

285

48.5 (42.5–54.6)

Experienced disappearance, kidnapping of family or friend

281

42.0 (36.2–48.0)

Witness physical injury of family or friend

319

58.0 (52.0–63.8)

Witnessed beating/torture

424

74.0 (68.2–79.1)

Witnessed killings or murders

294

49.9 (43.8–56.0)

Number of traumatic experiences

 <=10 traumatic experiences

133

21.8 (17.3–27.0)

 Between 11 and 15 traumatic experiences

255

43.9 (37.9–50.0)

 > 15 traumatic experiences

192

34.3 (28.8–40.4)