Diagnostic performance of the PTSD checklist and the Vietnam Era Twin Registry PTSD scale.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Self-report questionnaires are frequently used in clinical and epidemiologic studies to assess post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A number of studies have evaluated these scales relative to clinician administered structured interviews; however, there has been no formal evaluation of their performance relative to non-clinician administered epidemiologic assessments such as the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI). We examined the diagnostic performance of two self-report PTSD scales, the PTSD checklist (PCL) and the Vietnam Era Twin Registry (VET-R) PTSD scale, compared to the CIDI.

Methods

Data were derived from a large epidemiologic follow-up study of PTSD in 5141 Vietnam Era Veterans. Measures included the PCL, VET-R PTSD scale and CIDI. For both th

SUBMITTER: Magruder K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5881392 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature