Evaluating a screener to quantify PTSD risk using emergency care information: a proof of concept study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous work has indicated that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, measured by the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) within 60 days of trauma exposure, can reliably produce likelihood estimates of chronic PTSD among trauma survivors admitted to acute care centers. Administering the CAPS is burdensome, requires skilled professionals, and relies on symptoms that are not fully expressed upon acute care admission. Predicting chronic PTSD from peritraumatic responses, which are obtainable upon acute care admission, has yielded conflicting results, hence the rationale for a stepwise screening-and-prediction practice. This work explores the ability of peritraumatic responses to produce risk likelihood estimates of early CAPS-based PTSD symptoms indicative o

SUBMITTER: van der Mei WF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7053081 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature