Open AccessValidation of a Trauma Questionnaire in Veteran Women
Author(s) -
McIntyre Lauren M.,
Butterfield Marian I.,
Nanda Kavita,
Parsey Kelly,
Stechuchak Karen M.,
McChesney Andrea W.,
Koons Cedar,
Bastian Lori A.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of general internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.746
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 1525-1497
pISSN - 0884-8734
DOI - 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1999.00311.x
Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine , psychiatry
The Trauma Questionnaire (TQ) assesses a woman’s history of childhood and adult sexual trauma, sexual harassment, and domestic violence. The TQ is used widely at Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, but its validity has not been thoroughly examined. In a prospective study of 127 women, we found the TQ to have good to excellent agreement with a semistructured clinician interview and good sensitivity and specificity. The TQ can be used as a valid alternative to the clinician interview in the initial elicitation of trauma history among women veterans in the primary care setting. KEY WORDS: trauma; questionnaire; women; veterans.