Concordance in PTSD symptom change between DSM-5 versions of the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS-5) and PTSD Checklist (PCL-5).

ABSTRACT: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5) versions of the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS-5) and PTSD Checklist (PCL-5) are widely used PTSD measures. Researchers and clinicians routinely use both measures in tandem to quantify symptom change, despite substantive instrumentation differences beyond administration modality, and absent a theoretical rationale or differential hypotheses for the two measures. The degree to which these measures provide comparable estimates of symptom change is unknown. This study examined concordance in change between CAPS-5 and PCL-5 scores over time. Participants were male veterans (N = 198) randomly assigned to one of two group PTSD treatments. We administered both the CAPS-5 and PCL-5 at baseline,

SUBMITTER: Lee DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9437843 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature