The prevalence of symptoms of depression was also high in our sample, with nearly one third of the respondents and 40% of those who experienced abduction meeting the criteria for symptoms of depression (nearly half of those abducted for six months or more).
They also experienced abduction, ambush and injury.
One-third of the respondents (33%) self-reported having experienced abduction (49% among the Acholi).
As shown in Table 1 women accounted for 410 (43%) of the 946 respondents who reported experiencing abduction.
One hundred and seven of the 384 participants in our study sample self-reported that they had experienced abduction.
An equal proportion of young women (50%) and young men (50%) were included in the sample and 107 (28%) respondents self-reported having experienced abduction.
HIV prevalence was 12.1% (95% CI: 6.6%, 19.9%) for formerly abducted participants, compared to 13.0%9595% CI: 9.3%, 17.5%) for participants who had never experienced abduction.
One-third of the respondents (33%) self-reported having experienced abduction (49% among the Acholi, the largest tribal group in northern Uganda).
That is, the specific programming needs that emerged in the study may not be applicable to all young people who have experienced abduction.
We performed two separate multivariate logistic regressions to examine factors associated with psychological disorders (symptoms of PTSD and depression) among respondents who reported experiencing abduction.
