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Table 2 Prevalence of different types of traumatic experience across the diagnostic groups

From: The comorbidity of borderline personality disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder: revisiting the prevalence and associations in a general population sample

 

PTSD-only

BPD-only

Comorbid

(n = 3074)

(n = 483)

(n = 547)

n (% within dx group, prevalence rank within dx group)

n (% within dx group, prevalence rank within dx group)

n (% within dx group, prevalence rank within dx group)

Childhood sexual abuse/assault (CSA)

600 (19.52 %, 9)

89 (18.43 %, 10)

196 (35.83 %, 6)

Adult sexual abuse/assault (ASA)

175 (5.69 %, 16)

17 (3.52 %, 15)

39 (7.13 %, 16)

Military combat

178 (5.79 %, 15)

12 (2.48 %, 17)

26 (4.75 %, 17)

Peacekeeping/relief work in war zone

58 (1.89 %, 21)

13 (2.69 %, 16)

11 (2.01 %, 19)

Civilian experience of war

92 (2.99 %, 18)

8 (1.66 %, 18)

15 (2.74 %, 18)

Refugee experience

59 (1.92 %, 20)

1 (0.21 %, 20)

8 (1.46 %, 20)

Serious/life-threatening accident

782 (25.44 %, 5)

151 (31.26 %, 3)

201 (36.75 %, 5)

Serious/life-threatening illness

834 (27.13 %, 3)

123 (25.47 %, 6)

187 (34.19 %, 8)

Natural disaster

686 (22.32 %, 7)

115 (23.81 %, 7)

150 (27.24 %, 10)

Physical attack/abuse by caregiver before age 18

351 (11.42 %, 13)

57 (11.80 %, 12)

139 (25.41 %, 12)

Neglect by caregiver before age 18

313 (10.18 %, 14)

55 (11.39 %, 13)

138 (25.23 %, 13)

Witnessed fights between caregivers before age 18

787 (25.60 %, 4)

141 (29.19 %, 4)

224 (40.95 %, 3)

Intimate partner violence

683 (22.22 %, 8)

104 (21.53 %, 9)

223 (40.77 %, 4)

Physical attack by anyone else

467 (15.19 %, 11)

113 (23.40 %, 8)

166 (30.35 %, 9)

Kidnapped/held hostage/POW

104 (3.38 %, 17)

13 (2.69 %, 16)

45 (8.23 %, 15)

Stalked

585 (19.03 %, 10)

81 (16.77 %, 11)

142 (25.96 %, 11)

Mugged

700 (22.77 %, 6)

138 (28.57 %, 5)

192 (35.10 %, 7)

Death of someone close in a terrorist attack

58 (1.89 %, 21)

5 (1.04 %, 19)

8 (1.46 %, 20)

Injured in terrorist attack

7 (0.23 %, 22)

0 (0.0 %, 21)

1 (0.18 %, 22)

Direct experience of terrorist attack (without injury)

63 (2.05 %, 19)

8 (1.66 %, 18)

5 (0.19 %, 21)

Saw someone badly injured/killed

1148 (37.35 %, 2)

164 (33.95 %, 2)

257 (46.98 %, 2)

Unexpected death of someone close

1937 (63.01 %, 1)

269 (55.69 %, 1)

386 (70.57 %, 1)

Any other traumatic experience

358 (11.65 %, 12)

39 (8.07 %, 14)

100 (18.28 %, 14)

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