Table 1: Exposure type.
Factor |
Male (n = 17) |
Female (n = 21) |
p value |
Age |
41.65 ± 10.59 |
42.14 ± 13.45 |
0.812 |
Life Threat |
14/17 (82.5%) |
18/21 (85.7%) |
0.560 |
Serious Injury |
15/16 (93.8%) |
16/21 (76.2%) |
0.206 |
Sexual Violence |
3/16 (18.8%) |
13/21 (61.9%) |
0.018 |
PTSD participants were asked to complete a Life Events Checklist Questionnaire regarding their trauma exposure and whether they had witnessed, learned about, were exposed to adverse details, and whether the trauma was a threat to their life, serious physical injury, and/or sexual violence, or combinations thereof. Of note, was that females were > 3-fold more likely to suffer sexual violence. We noted that male participants in the study were reluctant to discuss, or disclose, many of the details related to sexual violence or child sex abuse that they had been exposed to.