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Figure 63: PDS mean scores by traumatic event (A1 & A2)
Been affected Not been affected
A1 A2 A1 A2
imm.fam.member killed n=9 16.78 20.89 29.4 22.07
injury n=5 40.2 24.8 20.58 20.79
friend/rel. killed n=11 28.07 21.64 19.9 21.6
witness violence n=14 29.92 26.85 18.45 15.45
intimidated n=12 30.58 25.5 18.75 17.75
fam. Injured n=5 22.6 22.8 25.21 21.32
more than 1 way n=19 27.06 24.11 17.5 14.17
As regards PTSD symptom severity, there were no statistically significant differences
with regard to the kind of traumatic event experienced, indicating that the nature of
the traumatic event was not related to PTSD symptom severity differences between
assessment 1 and 2.
However, PDS mean scores at A2 for those who were present when the incident took
place (n=12) were significantly higher than for respondents who had found out about
the event by other means (27.5 v. 14.64) (independent-samples t-tests). GHQ-30 mean
scores at A2 were also significantly higher for those who thought that their daily life
had changed (n=20), when compared with participants who did not think their life had
changed (7.25 v. 0.4); and for those who stated that the event changed the way they
felt about themselves (n=9) compared to those who did not think they felt differently
about themselves after the event (8.06 v. 2).
Paired-samples t-tests showed statistically significant differences in BDI-II mean
scores between A1 and A2 for those who were there when the event took place (25.83
v. 14.58); those who claimed that their daily life changed (22.25 v. 12.75); those who