Screening for PTSD in Motor Vehicle Accident Survivors Using the PSS-SR and IES

This paper compares the total scores of 2 potential posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) screening tools, the Impact of Event Scale (IES) and the PTSD Symptom Scale, Self-Report (PSS-SR), to the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) in a large sample of motor vehicle accident (MVA) survivors (N = 229, of whom 43% met criteria for PTSD). For the IES using a cutoff score of 27, sensitivity was .91, specificity was .72, and correct classification was .80. For the PSS-SR using a cutoff score of 14, sensitivity was .91, specificity was .62, and correct classification was .74. Compared to studies of other trauma populations, the identified IES cutoff score is somewhat lower for this population of MVA survivors and the identified PSS-SR cutoff score is consistent with prior findings. This data supports use of the IES and PSS-SR as PTSD screening tools in MVA samples.

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• Authors:
  • Coffey, Scott F
  • Gudmundsdottir, Berglind
  • Beck, J Gayle
  • Palyo, Sarah A
  • Miller, Luana
• Publication Date: 2006-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 119-128
• Serial:
  • Journal of Traumatic Stress
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0894-9867
  • EISSN: 1573-6598
  • Serial URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1573-6598

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anxiety; Crash data; Human factors; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychological aspects; Self describing data; Self evaluation; Traffic crash victims; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Screening tools (Tests)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01053731
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 3 2007 1:42PM