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Table 2 Experience of trauma amongst URM and ARM, derived from the CATS trauma list
| Item (did you ever experience …) | URM, N = 68 | ARM, N = 30 | Total, N = 98 | χ2-statistics (df) Fisher’s exact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Dangerous journey or transport | 66 (97.1) | 29 (96.7) | 95 (96.6) | Fisher’s exact = 1 |
| Seeing someone in the community get slapped, punched or beat up | 57 (83.8) | 20 (66.7) | 77 (78.6) | Fisher’s exact = .06 |
| Lack of food or water for several days | 57 (83.8) | 18 (60) | 75 (76.5) | Fisher’s exact = .02* |
| Seeing someone attacked, stabbed, shot at, hurt badly or killed | 55 (80.9) | 20 (66.7) | 75 (76.5) | Fisher’s exact = .2 |
| Being around war | 49 (72.1) | 14 (46.7) | 63 (64.3) | 5.85 (1)* |
| Someone close to you dying suddenly or violently | 51 (75) | 10 (33.3) | 61 (62.2) | 15.38 (1)*** |
| Slapped, punched or beat up by someone not in the family | 43 (63.2) | 15 (50) | 58 (59.2) | 1.73 (1) |
| Serious accident or injury | 46 (67.6) | 8 (26.7) | 54 (55.1) | 14.13 (1)*** |
| Seeing someone in the family get slapped, punched or beat up | 30 (44.1) | 16 (53.3) | 46 (46.9) | .61 (1) |
| Attacked, stabbed, shot at or hurt badly | 35 (51.5) | 9 (30) | 44 (44.9) | 3.88 (1)* |
| Being robbed by threat, force or weapon | 30 (44.1) | 13 (43.3) | 43 (43.9) | .005 (1) |
| Slapped, punched or beat up in the family | 28 (41.2) | 11 (36.7) | 39 (39.8) | .23 (1) |
| Imprisonment or abduction | 28 (41.2) | 7 (23.3) | 35 (35.7) | 3.06 (1) |
| Serious natural disaster | 18 (26.5) | 10 (33.3) | 28 (28.6) | Fisher’s exact = .63 |
| Scary medical procedure | 18 (26.5) | 6 (20) | 24 (24.5) | Fisher’s exact = .61 |
| Committing acts of violence (voluntarily or involuntarily) | 9 (13.2) | 4 (13.3) | 13 (13.4) | Fisher’s exact = 1 |
| Someone older touching your private parts when they shouldn’t | 9 (13.2) | 2 (6.7) | 11 (11.2) | Fisher’s exact = .50 |
| Someone forcing or pressuring sex | 3 (4.4) | 2 (6.7) | 5 (5.1) | Fisher’s exact = .64 |
