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Table 2 Distribution of traumatic events in LSE

From: Mental health status among Burmese adolescent students living in boarding houses in Thailand: a cross-sectional study

Traumatic events

Total (n = 304)

Male (n = 163)

Female (n = 141)

 

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

Experienced important changes in family life

166

(54.6)

94

(57.7)

72

(51.1)

Was separated from family against will

96

(31.6)

51

(31.3)

45

(31.9)

Experienced the death of a loved one

118

(38.8)

63

(38.7)

55

(39.0)

Had a life-threatening medical problem

106

(34.9)

57

(35.0)

49

(34.8)

Experienced a serious accident

111

(36.5)

62

(38.0)

49

(34.8)

Experienced a disaster

117

(38.5)

61

(37.4)

56

(39.7)

Experienced war or armed conflict

177

(58.2)

89

(54.6)

88

(62.4)

Was physically mistreated

123

(40.5)

75

(46.0)

48

(34.0)

Saw someone else physically mistreated

211

(69.4)

118

(72.4)

93

(66.0)

Experienced sexual abuse

34

(11.2)

23

(14.1)

11

(7.8)

Experienced a stressful life event in which ‘I was in danger’

132

(43.4)

79

(48.5)

53

(37.6)

Experienced a stressful life event in which ‘someone else was in danger’

180

(59.2)

97

(59.5)

83

(58.9)

Other frightening event

152

(50.0)

82

(50.3)

70

(49.6)

Mean number of events (Standard deviation)

5.7

(2.9)

5.8

(2.8)

5.5

(3.0)