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Identifying Persons at Risk for PTSD After Trauma with TSQ in The Netherlands

In The Netherlands about 80% of the population experience a traumatic event while about 14% develop post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Considering this high prevalence the prevention or early treatment of posttraumatic stress is important from a health as well as cost-benefit perspective. The ai...

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Autores principales: Dekkers, A. M. M., Olff, M., Näring, G. W. B.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2819413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19396545
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-009-9195-6
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author Dekkers, A. M. M.
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Näring, G. W. B.
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description In The Netherlands about 80% of the population experience a traumatic event while about 14% develop post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Considering this high prevalence the prevention or early treatment of posttraumatic stress is important from a health as well as cost-benefit perspective. The aim of this study was to examine whether we could identify subjects at risk of developing PTSD. We included 100 Dutch victims of different civil traumas that contacted the Victim Support Foundation. The trauma screening questionnaire (TSQ), was used as a screening tool. The results show that a cut-off score of 7 on the TSQ correctly identified most subjects with PTSD. We found a moderate positive correlation between PTSD and the severity of complaints. We also found a significant relationship between the TSQ and depression symptoms. This study indicates that the Dutch version of the TSQ is a useful instrument for identifying future cases of PTSD.
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spelling pubmed-28194132010-02-18 Identifying Persons at Risk for PTSD After Trauma with TSQ in The Netherlands Dekkers, A. M. M. Olff, M. Näring, G. W. B. Community Ment Health J Original Paper In The Netherlands about 80% of the population experience a traumatic event while about 14% develop post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Considering this high prevalence the prevention or early treatment of posttraumatic stress is important from a health as well as cost-benefit perspective. The aim of this study was to examine whether we could identify subjects at risk of developing PTSD. We included 100 Dutch victims of different civil traumas that contacted the Victim Support Foundation. The trauma screening questionnaire (TSQ), was used as a screening tool. The results show that a cut-off score of 7 on the TSQ correctly identified most subjects with PTSD. We found a moderate positive correlation between PTSD and the severity of complaints. We also found a significant relationship between the TSQ and depression symptoms. This study indicates that the Dutch version of the TSQ is a useful instrument for identifying future cases of PTSD. Springer US 2009-04-25 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC2819413/ /pubmed/19396545 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-009-9195-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2009 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
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Identifying Persons at Risk for PTSD After Trauma with TSQ in The Netherlands
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title_full_unstemmed Identifying Persons at Risk for PTSD After Trauma with TSQ in The Netherlands
title_short Identifying Persons at Risk for PTSD After Trauma with TSQ in The Netherlands
title_sort identifying persons at risk for ptsd after trauma with tsq in the netherlands
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2819413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19396545
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-009-9195-6
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