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Brief report: Utility of a short screening scale for DSM-IV PTSD in primary care

2006; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 21; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.00292.x

ISSN

1525-1497

Autores

Rachel Kimerling, Paige Ouimette, Annabel Prins, Patrick Nisco, Casey Lawler, Ruth C. Cronkite, Rudolf H. Moos,

Tópico(s)

Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

Resumo

To evaluate Breslau's 7-item screen for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for use in primary care.One hundred and thirty-four patients were recruited from primary care clinics at a large medical center. Participants completed the self-administered 7-item PTSD screen. Later, psychologists blinded to the results of the screen-interviewed patients using the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS). Sensitivity, specificity, and likelihood ratios (LR) were calculated using the CAPS as the criterion for PTSD.The screen appears to have test-retest reliability (r=.84), and LRs range from 0.04 to 13.4.Screening for PTSD in primary care is time efficient and has the potential to increase the detection of previously unrecognized PTSD.

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