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Assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder in Cambodian refugees using the Clinician‐Administered PTSD Scale: Psychometric properties and symptom severity
Author(s) -
Hinton Devon E.,
Chhean Dara,
Pich Vuth,
Pollack M. H.,
Orr Scott P.,
Pitman Roger K.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1002/jts.20115
Subject(s) - posttraumatic stress , clinical psychology , psychometrics , psychology , psychiatry , refugee , test validity , scale (ratio) , anxiety disorder , anxiety , archaeology , history , physics , quantum mechanics
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms were assessed by using the Clinician‐Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) in a consecutive sample of Cambodian refugees attending a psychiatric clinic in the United States. Psychometric properties of the translated CAPS and severity of PTSD‐related symptoms were examined. The CAPS demonstrated adequate psychometric properties, including coefficient alpha (.92) and item–total correlations (.48–.85). Of the sample 56% (101/179) met Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , fourth edition, criteria for current PTSD. Those patients who met criteria for current PTSD had significantly higher CAPS total scores ( M = 65.3, SD = 18.1) than those who did not meet the criteria ( M = 13.9, SD = 16.7).