Affective and Psychotic Disorders in War-Torn Eastern Part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 3
Potential traumatic events experienced by the participants.
Traumatic event
Bipolar affective disorders
Psychotic disorders
Yes (%)
No (%)
OR 95% CI
value
Yes (%)
No (%)
OR 95% CI
value
Sexual abuse
24 (15)
9 (13.2)
0.6 (0.31-0.99)
0.003
5 (8.9)
13 (22)
0.5 (0.22-1.19)
<0.001
Accident
38 (23.6)
15 (22.1)
1.0
9 (16.1)
12 (20.3)
1.0
Sudden death of relatives
11 (6.8)
14 (20.6)
0.35 (0.12-0.84)
0.040
3 (5.4)
8 (13.6)
0.6 (0.34-0.99)
0.201
Loss of job
29 (18)
4 (5.9)
1.2 (0.47-3.07)
0.098
4 (7.1)
9 (15.3)
1.3 (0.51-3.18)
Kidnapping
23 (14.3)
12 (17.6)
0.2 (0.04-1.43)
0.035
10 (17.9)
7 (11.9)
0.7 (0.28-2.01
0.706
Imprisonment
11 (6.8)
5 (7.4)
1.0 (0.41-2.33
0.234
2 (3.6)
2 (3.4)
1.0
0.065
Physical abuse
14 (8.7)
6 (8.8)
1.1 (0.39-2.01)
0.012
9 (16.1)
3 (5.8
0.7 (0.26-1.94)
0.026
Incurable illness
2 (1.2)
1 (1.5)
1.0
2 (3.6)
2 (3.4)
0.3 (0.14-0.72
0.607
Childhood trauma
9 (5.6)
2 (2.9)
0.7 (0.21-0.89)
0.651
12 (21.4)
3 (5.1)
0.3 (0.21-0.85)
0.022
Total
161 (70.3%)
68
56 (46.7)
59
The factors that were significantly associated with psychotic disorders were childhood trauma (OR: 0.3, 95% CI: 0.2-0.85, value = 0.022), physical abuse (OR: 0.7, 95% CI: 0.26-1.94, value = 0.02), and sexual abuse (OR: 0.5, 95% CI: 0.22-1.19, value ≤ 0.001).
