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Data collection was completed in 7 months, from March to September 2023. All participants completed validated psychological assessments, including the PTSD Checklist for\n                      <jats:italic>DSM-5<\/jats:italic>\n                      (PCL-5), Patient Health Questionnaire-15 (PHQ-15), and Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 (HSCL-25). Multivariate General Linear Modeling (GLM) was performed, adjusting for trauma exposure to simultaneously assess the effects of demographic and clinical variables on multiple symptom domains.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Most of the participants exhibited clinically significant symptoms, with 78.8% meeting the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) threshold and 46.3% exhibiting comorbid symptoms across multiple domains. The GLM demonstrated that gender, trauma exposure, education level, and clinical factors were significantly associated with symptom severity across PTSD, somatic, and anxiety\/depression symptoms (p &amp;lt; 0.001). The model explained up to 47% of variance in symptom outcomes. After adjusting for covariates, women showed higher symptom severity than men. 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