Mapping the availability of translated versions of posttraumatic stress disorder screening questionnaires for adults: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT: Background: The most used questionnaires for PTSD screening in adults were developed in English. Although many of these questionnaires were translated into other languages, the procedures used to translate them and to evaluate their reliability and validity have not been consistently documented. This comprehensive scoping review aimed to compile the currently available translated and evaluated questionnaires used for PTSD screening, and highlight important gaps in the literature.Objective: This review aimed to map the availability of translated and evaluated screening questionnaires for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for adults.Methods: All peer-reviewed studies in which a PTSD screening questionnaire for adults was translated, and which reported at least one res

SUBMITTER: Hoffman J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9724641 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature