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Enhancing self‐report assessment of PTSD: Development of an item bank
Author(s) -
Del Vecchio Nicole,
Elwy A. Rani,
Smith Eric,
Bottonari Kathryn A.,
Eisen Susan V.
Publication year - 2011
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.20611
Subject(s) - psychology , clinical psychology , psychometrics , psychiatry , posttraumatic stress , readability , linguistics , philosophy
The authors report results of work to enhance self‐report posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) assessment by developing an item bank for use in a computer‐adapted test. Computer‐adapted tests have great potential to decrease the burden of PTSD assessment and outcomes monitoring. The authors conducted a systematic literature review of PTSD instruments, created a database of items, performed qualitative review and readability analysis, and conducted cognitive interviews with veterans diagnosed with PTSD. The systematic review yielded 480 studies in which 41 PTSD instruments comprising 993 items met inclusion criteria. The final PTSD item bank includes 104 items representing each of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition ( DSM‐IV ; American Psychiatric Association [APA], 1994), PTSD symptom clusters (reexperiencing, avoidance, and hyperarousal), and 3 additional subdomains (depersonalization, guilt, and sexual problems) that expanded the assessment item pool.