Open AccessPsychometric Properties of the Chinese Version of the Primary Care Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Screen-5 for Medical Staff Exposed to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author(s) -
Rui-Wen Huang,
Tao Shen,
Lei-Ming Ge,
Lei Cao,
Jianfeng Luo,
Shiyu Wu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
psychology research and behavior management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1179-1578
DOI - 10.2147/prbm.s329380
Subject(s) - covid-19 , pandemic , traumatic stress , primary care , medicine , psychology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , family medicine , virology , outbreak , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The COVID-19 pandemic may increase the development of psychiatric disorders, such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among medical staff. A brief validated screening tool is essential for the early diagnosis of PTSD. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the validation of a Chinese version of the Primary Care-PTSD-5 (C-PC-PTSD-5) and determine an appropriate cutoff score with optimal sensitivity and specificity for medical staff in China during the COVID-19 pandemic.