The psychometric properties of the Bangla Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5): preliminary reports from a large-scale validation study

BMC Psychiatry

Ibrahim A. Kira¹  David Gozal²  Most. Zannatul Ferdous³  Md. Saiful Islam³  Rafia Tasnim³  Md. Safaet Hossain Sujan³  Jakir Hossain Bhuiyan Masud⁴  Sourav Kundu⁴  Abu Syed Md. Mosaddek⁴  M. Shahabuddin K. Choudhuri⁴ 

[1] Center for Cumulative Trauma Studies;Department of Child Health and the Child Health Research Institute, The University of Missouri School of Medicine;Department of Public Health and Informatics, Jahangirnagar University;Quest Bangladesh Biomedical Research Center;

关键词: PTSD;    PCL-5;    Bangla;    Depression;    Confirmatory factor analysis;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12888-022-03920-4

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract Background The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL-5) is the most widely used screening tool in assessing posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental disorders (DSM-5) criteria. This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the newly translated Bangla PCL-5. Methods A cross-sectional survey was carried out among 10,605 individuals (61.0% male; mean age: 23.6 ± 5.5 [13–71 years]) during May and June 2020, several months after the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak in Bangladesh. The survey included the Bangla PCL-5 and the PHQ-9 depression scale. We used confirmatory factor analysis to test the four-factor DSM-5 model, the six-factor Anhedonia model, and the seven-factor hybrid model. Results The Bangla PCL-5 displayed adequate internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.90). The Bangla PCL-5 score was significantly correlated with scores of the PHQ-9 depression scale, confirming strong convergent validity. Confirmatory factor analyses indicated the models had a good fit to the data, including the four-factor DSM-5 model, the six-factor Anhedonia model, and the seven-factor hybrid model. Overall, the seven-factor hybrid model exhibited the best fit to the data. Conclusions The Bangla PCL-5 appears to be a valid and reliable psychometric screening tool that may be employed in the prospective evaluation of posttraumatic stress disorder in Bangladesh.

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