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Table 3 Comorbidity of probable mental health disorders amongst the enslaved versus non-enslaved Yazidi females

From: Measures of depression, generalized anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorders amongst Yazidi female survivors of ISIS slavery and violence

Number of probable diagnoses

Total group

(n = 348)

N (%)

Formerly enslaved

(n = 139)

N (%)

Non-enslaved

(n = 209)

N (%)

χ2

P

Without diagnosis

72 (20.7)

7 (5)

65 (31.1)

34.562

 < 0.001**

Single diagnostic category

 Only depression#

27 (7.8)

3 (2.2)

24 (11.5)

10.143

0.001*

 Only GAD

6 (1.7)

0 (0)

6 (2.9)

4.060

0.085

 Only PTSD

42 (12.1)

6 (4.3)

36 (17.2)

13.107

 < 0.001**

Two diagnostic categories

 Depression and GAD

32 (9.2)

3 (2.2)

29 (13.9)

13.727

 < 0.001**

 Depression and PTSD

24 (6.9)

8 (5.8)

16 (7.7)

0.469

0.527

 GAD and PTSD

6 (1.7)

3 (2.2)

3 (1.4)

0.257

0.686

Three diagnostic categories

 Depression, GAD, and PTSD

139 (39.9)

109 (78.4)

30 (14.4)

124.822

 < 0.001**

  1. Depression, Patient Health Questionnaire-Depression Module total score ≥ 10; GAD, Generalized Anxiety Disorder total score ≥ 10, PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder mean score ≥ 2.5