Posttraumatic stress disorder checklist military version in latvian language

Abstract

IntroductionThe Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Checklist (PCL) is a 17-item self-report measure of the 17 DSM-IV symptoms of PTSD. The PCL has a variety of purposes, including screening individuals for PTSD, diagnosing PTSD, monitoring symptom change during and after treatment. There are three versions of the PCL: PCL-C (civilian), PCL-M (military) and PCL-S (specific). PCL-M asks about symptoms in response to “stressful military experiences” and used for active service members and veterans. The PCL-M can be completed by participants of a research study in approximately 5–10 minutes. Interpretation of the PCL-M should be completed by a clinician. There is no valid PCL-M Latvian language version.AimsThe goal of the study is to assess the evaluative and discriminative properties of the Latvian language version of the PCL-M in PTSD risk group patients (PTSD-RGP).MethodsTotally 30 participants (males, Europeans, of average age 26.2, PTSD-RGP - Latvian Contingent of International Operations) were examined. Standart validation protocol was applied for PCL-M Latvian language version's reliability and validity testing: reliability consequence, construct validity, test-retest, Cronbach alpha criterion.ResultsCronbach alpha criterion was more than 0,70 (means reliable response sets), the reliability-consequence scale is from 0.6 to 0.9 (means precise definition). Test-retest by Spearman showed r ≥ 0.75 (means reliable stability).ConclusionsIt was concluded that the PLC-M Latvian language version has sufficiently acceptable evaluative and discriminatory properties and is therefore a valid instrument for PTSD measurements in clinical and research studies in Latvian military active service members and veterans.

A Systematic Review of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL)

“…Foreign translations of the PCL‐C . The PCL‐C has been studied on samples from numerous countries and translated into at least 10 languages, including Arabic (Palgi, Yehia, & Ben‐Ezra, ), Chinese (Cao et al, ; L. Wang et al, ; M. Wang, Elhai, Dai, & Yao, ; Zhang, Shi, Wang, & Liu, ; Zhibin, Jiuping, & Lili, ), French (Bui et al, ; Rees, Travis, Shapiro, & Chant, ), Greek (Calbari & Anagnostopoulos, ), Latvian (Voicehovskis, Ancane, Voicehovska, Umnova, & Skesters, ), Lingala (Rees et al, ), Russian (Cwikel, Chudakov, Paikin, Agmon, & Belmaker, ), Spanish (Flores, Carnero, & Bayer, ; Richards et al, ), Swedish (Arnberg, Michel, & Johannesson, ), and Swahili (Pham, Vinck, Kinkodi, & Weinstein, ; Rees et al, ). Almost all of these foreign translation studies reported coefficient alphas, which ranged between .80 and .95, with a median alpha of .88.…”

Oxidative Stress Parameters in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Risk Group Patients

“…Respondents are asked about certain troubles during the last month; the answers are evaluated by a 5-point scale. The valid Latvian language PCL-M version was used for objective PTSD evaluation (Voicehovskis et al, 2011). PTSD risk group Incidence rate (IR) was also assessed.…”

Advances of selenium supplementation in posttraumatic stress disorder risk group patients

“…Для клинической оценки, согласно стандарту диагностики DSM-IV [5], использовалась валидная апробированная латышская версия международно признанной анкеты диагностики ПТСР у военных, (PTSD CheckList Military Version -PCL-M). Анкета состоит из 17 вопросов, соответствует стандарту, используется для скрининга, диагностики, мониторинга изменчивости симптомов ПТСР у военнослужащих действительной службы и ветеранов [23,24]. Число набранных пунктов по шкале PCL-M отражает тяжесть симптоматики ПТСР.…”