1. Die posttraumatische Stressskala-14 (PTSS-14) – Validierung der richtlinienkonformen Übersetzung für den deutschsprachigen Raum
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Anja Harbeck-Seu, Henning Krampe, Emma Twigg, Martin Franck, Claudia Spies, Finn M. Radtke, Tanja Drews, and Edith Weiß-Gerlach
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Validation study ,Stressor ,Traumatic stress ,MEDLINE ,General Medicine ,Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine ,language.human_language ,German ,Posttraumatic stress ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,Emergency Medicine ,medicine ,language ,Stress disorders ,Psychiatry ,Psychology - Abstract
Background Hospitalization may represent a stressor that can lead to Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Methods Translation of the UK-PTSS-14, conducted in accordance with ISPOR principles and validation with the PDS (86 patients). Results The ROC analysis showed that the German version of PTSS-14 is a valid instrument with high sensitivity (82%) and specificity (92%) with the optimum cut-off point at 40 points. The translation process was authorized by the author of the UK-PTSS-14. Conclusion The validated German version of PTSS-14 is now ready for use as an efficient and reliable screening-tool for PTSD in a clinical setting.
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- 2010
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