Preliminary validation of the Dutch version of the Posttraumatic stress disorder checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) after traumatic brain injury in a civilian population.

ABSTRACT: The Posttraumatic stress disorder checklist (PCL) is the most widely used questionnaire to screen for symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), based on the Diagnostic and Statistical manual of Mental disorders (DSM-IV) criteria. In the latest edition of the DSM (DSM-5), the criteria for PTSD were revised leading to the development of the PCL-5. So far, there is no validated Dutch version of the PCL-5. The aim of this study is to determine psychometric characteristics of the Dutch translation and linguistic validation of the PCL-5 and to evaluate internal consistency, criterion and structural validity. In a population of 495 civilian, traumatic brain injury patients, the PCL-5, the Generalized anxiety disorder questionnaire and the Depression scale of the Patient health questionnai

SUBMITTER: Van Praag DLG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7170250 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature