CONVERGENT VALIDITY OF MEASURES OF PTSD IN AN ELDERLY POPULATION OF FORMER PRISONERS OF WAR.
In: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Jg. 10 (1995-07-01), Heft 7, S. 617-622
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Thirty former World War II Far East prisoners of war were assessed with a structured clinical interview for PTSD based on DSM-III-R criteria and the results compared with the self-report measures, Thirty per cent of the subjects fulfilled a DSM-III-R diagnosis of PTSD and 90% complained of at least one post traumatic intrusive or avoidant symptom. The Mississippi scale was the most accurate measure of PTSD severity (r=0.81) and the MMPI-PTSD subscale was the most efficient dichotomous measure of PTSD (sensitivity = 0.89 and specificity = 0.62). The avoidance subscale of the impact of event scale did not discriminate avoidant symptoms from those of intrusion, Self-report scales for chronic PTSD used in the elderly should be interpreted with caution and require further evaluation of their validity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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CONVERGENT VALIDITY OF MEASURES OF PTSD IN AN ELDERLY POPULATION OF FORMER PRISONERS OF WAR.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Neal, Leigh A. ; Hill, Nicholas ; Hughes, Julian ; Middleton, Aisla ; Busuttil, Walter |
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Zeitschrift: | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Jg. 10 (1995-07-01), Heft 7, S. 617-622 |
Veröffentlichung: | 1995 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0885-6230 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1002/gps.930100713 |
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