Table 1 Prevalence of adverse life event experience and adverse life event reexperience by sample.

From: Prevalence and therapeutic impact of adverse life event reexperiencing under ceremonial ayahuasca

 

Adverse life event experienced

Adverse life event reexperienced

N

Participants reporting

Percentage

N

Participants reporting

Percentage

Intensity mean (SD)

Non-veteran sample

 Any adverse life event

306

260

85%

228

96

42%

3.94 (0.94)

 Any severe adverse life event

306

162

53%a

139

38

27%c

3.92 (1.07)

 Disaster

306

52

17%a

44

1

2%c

3.00 (NA)

 Accident

306

76

25%a

67

4

6%c

3.00 (0.81)

 Physically assaulted

306

79

26%a

72

13

18%c

4.00 (1.00)

 Sexually assaulted

306

52

17%

42

14

33%

3.86 (0.95)

 Sexually uncomfortable

306

99

32%

87

21

24%

3.38 (1.28)

 Illness/Injury

306

38

12%a

34

6

18%c

5.00 (0.00)

 Loss

306

108

35%a

93

24

26%c

3.71 (1.37)

 Perpetration

306

16

5%a

12

2

17%c

4.50 (0.71)

 Stressful experience

306

165

54%a

149

58

39%

4.25 (0.87)

Veteran sample

 Any adverse life event

33

33

100%

32

19

59%

3.79 (1.18)

 Any severe adverse life event

33

33

100%b

32

15

47%d

3.95 (1.33)

 Disaster

33

27

82%b

26

6

23%d

3.00 (1.41)

 Accident

33

18

55%b

17

3

18%d

5.00 (0.00)

 Physically assaulted

33

20

61%b

19

6

32%d

4.20 (1.79)

 Sexually assaulted

33

5

15%

5

0

0%

NA

 Sexually uncomfortable

33

6

18%

6

1

17%

NA

 Illness/Injury

33

12

36%b

12

6

50%d

4.00 (1.55)

 Loss

33

25

76%b

24

13

54%d

3.75 (1.42)

 Perpetration

33

20

61%b

19

10

53%d

4.22 (1.56)

 Stressful experience

33

29

88%b

28

13

46%

3.85 (1.28)

  1. a and b indicate statistically significant differences between non-veterans and veterans in ALE experience. c and d indicate significant differences between non-veterans and veterans in ALE reexperience.