After a disaster: Validation of PTSD checklist for DSM-5 and the four- and eight-item abbreviated versions in mental health service users

Martínez-Levy, Gabriela Ariadna; Bermúdez-Gómez, Julieta; Merlín-García, Ilyamin; Flores-Torres, Rosa Pamela; Nani, Andrés; Cruz-Fuentes, Carlos; Briones-Velasco, Magdalena; Ortíz-León, Silvia; Mendoza-Velásquez, José Javier

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2021.114197

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“…The PCL-5 has demonstrated good internal consistency [ 29 ]. A Spanish language version has also evidenced good internal consistency with Mexican and Central American samples [ 30 , 31 ]. An abbreviated version was used to accommodate requests for brief surveys from recruitment partners and to minimize the study burden.…”

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confidence: 99%

Investigating the Potential Double-Edged Score of Immigration-Related Stress, Discrimination, and Mental Health Access

Andrews,

Escobar,

Gonzalez

et al. 2024

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Prior work has suggested that discrimination and immigration-related stress may impede mental health care seeking and utilization among Latinx populations. These effects may be more nuanced as both discrimination and immigration-related stress may increase symptomology, particularly post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. Both symptoms may, in turn, prompt attempts to seek care. The current study examined the direct effects of discrimination and immigration-related stress on care access, as well as potentially indirect effects with PTSD and depression symptoms as mediators. Interviews and online surveys were completed with 234 Latinx residents of the Midwest, assessing everyday discrimination, discrimination in healthcare, PTSD symptoms, depression symptoms, current mental health utilization, and previous unsuccessful attempts to seek care. Direct effects of discrimination and immigration-related stress were largely unrelated to care access variables. Discrimination in healthcare settings predicted both unsuccessful attempts to seek care and current use, but this effect was positive. The indirect effect was largely supported, but only for PTSD symptoms and not depression. Results indicate that further investigation is necessary to understand the direct effects of discrimination on care access. Further, discrimination and immigration-related stress may indirectly prompt attempts to seek mental health care.

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Investigating the Potential Double-Edged Score of Immigration-Related Stress, Discrimination, and Mental Health Access

Andrews,

Escobar,

Gonzalez

et al. 2024

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“…For insomnia, we employed the question that assesses “how much have been bothered by troubles falling or staying asleep?” from the Spanish version of the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 [ 17 ], which has shown adequate psychometric properties in Mexican mental health service users [ 18 ]. Respondents rated the frequency of the symptom over the last month on a 5-point scale ranging from 0 = not at all to 4 = extremely.…”

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Brief Screening for Distress among Healthcare Professionals: Psychometric Properties of the Physician Well-Being Index—Spanish Version

Robles-García

Fresán

Alcocer-Castillejos

et al. 2022

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Background: The Physician Well-Being Index (PWBI) is a brief, valid, reliable self-assessment instrument to identify health professionals’ distress and those in need of an intervention. Objective: to evaluate the construct, predictive validity (of depression, suicidal ideation, insomnia, and generalized anxiety), and internal consistency of the 7-item Spanish version of the PWBI (PWBI-S). Methods: out of a national population of approximately 1 million Mexican healthcare professionals, a sample of 3506 subjects (42.0% physicians, 28.7% nurses and 29.3% psychologists) completed an online survey between 17 April and 7 May 2020, at the time of the COVID-19 case cluster transmission scenario in Mexico. Results: In the three sub-samples, PWBI-S’s Confirmatory factor analyses (adding residual covariances) exhibited adequate goodness of fit indices for the PWBS original unidimensional model. Overall Cronbach’s alphas were 0.89 for physicians, 0.90 for nurses, and 0.86 for psychologists. Univariate logistic regression models showed that a cutoff point of 3 on the total score of the PWBI-S was generally related to the presence of depression, suicidal ideation, and insomnia, but not with generalized anxiety among nurses and psychologists. When trying with a cutoff point of 3, a relationship with GA was shown in psychologists, but not in nurses. Conclusions: our findings suggest that PWBI-S is a valid, reliable measure for clinical and research purposes in the field.

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“…The PCL-5 total's Cronbach's alpha for the current study was .97, for cluster B = .93, cluster C = .89, cluster D = .93, and cluster E = .91. The PCL-5 has shown good reliability and validity in a sample of Mexican individuals who had experienced a natural disaster (Martinez-Levy et al, 2021).…”

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The unique effects of hope and gratitude on psychological distress and well-being in trauma-exposed Hispanic/Latino adults.

Senger,

Gallagher

2024

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

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Objective: Gratitude and hope are well-established predictors of well-being and buffers against posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety symptoms. However, scarce literature exists that investigates these relationships in a Hispanic/Latino sample. The current study investigates gratitude's and hope's relationship to PTSD and anxiety symptoms and different domains of well-being in trauma-exposed Hispanic/Latino young adults at a large southern university. Method: The sample was composed of 732 undergraduate students who were mostly female (80.7%) and young adults, (M age = 21.8, SD = 4.3), who endorsed experiencing one or more traumatic events via the Life Events Checklist. Students completed an online survey for course credit. Results: Structural equation models were used to analyze the data. Gratitude had a stronger inverse relationship with PTSD symptoms (β = −.43, 95% CI [−0.50, −0.35]) and anxiety symptoms (β = −.28, 95% CI [−0.36, −0.20]) compared to hope (β = .06, 95% CI [−0.01, 0.14]) (β = −.06, 95% CI [−0.14, 0.02]).Both gratitude and hope were robust predictors of the three domains of well-being. Conclusions: The current study found that hope and gratitude predicted resilience in trauma-exposed Hispanic/Latino young adults. Decreased levels of gratitude were a stronger predictor of psychological distress and subjective wellbeing than decreased levels of hope, but hope was a robust predictor of the three well-being domains. The findings of this study may lend support for the development of hope and gratitude interventions in a Hispanic/Latino population for the prevention of PTSD symptoms and anxiety symptoms via engendering higher levels of resilience. Clinical Impact StatementDecreased levels of gratitude and hope predicted posttraumatic stress disorder and anxiety symptoms while increased levels predicted the various domains of well-being in a Hispanic/Latino sample. Gratitude and hope both predicted these outcomes, although gratitude was generally a stronger predictor when compared to hope, except for social and psychological well-being. The current study may support the development of gratitude and hope interventions for Hispanic/Latino young adults who have experienced trauma.

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After a disaster: Validation of PTSD checklist for DSM-5 and the four- and eight-item abbreviated versions in mental health service users

Cited by 20 publications

References 15 publications

Investigating the Potential Double-Edged Score of Immigration-Related Stress, Discrimination, and Mental Health Access

Investigating the Potential Double-Edged Score of Immigration-Related Stress, Discrimination, and Mental Health Access

Brief Screening for Distress among Healthcare Professionals: Psychometric Properties of the Physician Well-Being Index—Spanish Version

The unique effects of hope and gratitude on psychological distress and well-being in trauma-exposed Hispanic/Latino adults.

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