Are Community Studies of Psychological Trauma's Impact Accurate? A Study among Jews and Palestinians

Autor/inn/en	Hobfoll, Stevan E.; Canetti, Daphna; Hall, Brian J.; Brom, Danny; Palmieri, Patrick A.; Johnson, Robert J.; Pat-Horenczyk, Ruth; Galea, Sandro
Titel	Are Community Studies of Psychological Trauma's Impact Accurate? A Study among Jews and Palestinians
Quelle	In: Psychological Assessment, 23 (2011) 3, S.599-605 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1040-3590
DOI	10.1037/a0022817
Schlagwörter	Jews; Arabs; Incidence; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Public Health; Validity; Depression (Psychology); Clinical Diagnosis; Interviews; Telecommunications; Foreign Countries; Terrorism; War; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Measures (Individuals); Classification; Correlation; Coping; Stress Variables; Role; Intervention; Israel (Jerusalem) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Jew; Jude; Jüdin; Juden; Arab; Araber; Vorkommen; Gesundheitswesen; Gültigkeit; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Telekommunikationstechnik; Ausland; Terrorismus; Krieg; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Messdaten; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Korrelation; Bewältigung; Rollen
Abstract	We evaluated the accuracy of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depression (MD) diagnoses using brief assessment instruments conducted by phone. PTSD and MD were assessed by telephone interview in a randomly selected sample of Jewish and Palestinian residents of Jerusalem (N = 150) during a period of marked threat of terrorism and war. We utilized the PTSD Symptom Scale Interview Format (Foa, Riggs, Dancu, & Rothbaum, 1993) and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9; Kroenke, Spitzer, & Williams, 2001). We then conducted in-depth, in-person interviews within 2 weeks, assessing PTSD and MD using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI; Kessler et al., 2004). The prevalence of PTSD and MD diagnosis ascertained by the 2 assessment modalities was similar. Indices of classification accuracy for the phone interview, using the in-person interview as the standard, ranged from modest to high. Brief phone and in-depth in-person measures of PTSD and MD also correlated similarly with other demographic, stress, and coping factors, suggesting convergent validity. Brief phone interviews appear useful for estimating the prevalence of psychological disorders in mass casualty contexts and may have a critical role in both epidemiologic work and guiding public health interventions. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10