Table 2 Prevalence of adverse life event experience and adverse life event reexperience by sex.

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)

Female non-veteran sample

 Any ALE

121

106

88%

90

51

57%c

3.75 (1.04)

 Any severe ALE

121

65

54%

53

22

42%

3.61 (1.16)

 Disaster

121

18

15%

13

1

8%

3.00 (NA)

 Accident

121

25

21%

20

0

0%

NA

 Physically assaulted

121

27

22%

21

6

29%

3.50 (1.05)

 Sexually assaulted

121

39

32%a

32

13

41%c

3.85 (0.99)

 Sex. uncomfortable

121

63

52%a

52

16

31%

3.25 (1.13)

 Illness/Injury

121

13

11%

12

2

17%

5.00 (0.00)

 Loss

121

45

37%

39

10

26%

3.18 (1.47)

 Perpetration

121

3

2%

1

0

0%

NA

 Stressful experience

121

72

60%

62

29

47%

4.21 (0.96)

Male non-veteran sample

 Any ALE

183

153

84%

137

44

32%d

4.14 (0.76)

 Any severe ALE

183

96

52%

85

16

19%

4.35 (0.76)

 Disaster

183

34

19%

30

0

0%

NA

 Accident

183

51

28%

47

4

9%

3.00 (0.82)

 Physically assaulted

183

51

28%

50

7

14%

4.43 (0.79)

 Sexually assaulted

183

13

7%b

10

1

10%d

4.00 (NA)

 Sex. uncomfortable

183

36

20%b

35

5

14%

3.80 (1.79)

 Illness/Injury

183

25

14%

22

4

18%

5.00 (0.00)

 Loss

183

62

34%

53

13

25%

4.08 (1.16)

 Perpetration

183

13

7%

11

2

18%

4.50 (0.71)

 Stressful experience

183

93

51%

87

29

33%

4.28 (0.79)

  1. a and b indicate statistically significant differences between women and men in ALE experience. c and d indicate significant differences between women and men in ALE reexperience. The sum of males and females does not always match the values in Table 1 due to one participant not disclosing their sex.