[Validation in literary Arabic among Tunisian soldiers of the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder checklist for DSM-5].

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    • Transliterated Title:
      Validation en arabe littéraire chez les militaires tunisiens de la Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder checklist for DSM-5 .
    • Source:
      Publisher: African Field Epidemiology Network Country of Publication: Uganda NLM ID: 101517926 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1937-8688 (Electronic) NLM ISO Abbreviation: Pan Afr Med J Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: Kampala, Uganda : African Field Epidemiology Network
    • Subject Terms:
      Military Personnel* ; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic*/diagnosis; United States ; Humans ; Checklist ; Hospitals, Military ; Armed Conflicts
    • Abstract:
      Introduction: post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a topical issue due to the increase in armed conflicts and terrorist attacks in recent decades. The PCL-5 scale is used to screen and monitor patients with PTSD. The aim of our work was to validate a literary Arabic version of this scale on a population of Tunisian soldiers.
      Methods: the translation of the PCL-5 scale into Tunisian literary Arabic was performed according to the back-translation technique described by Werner and Campbell and recommended by Brislin. Cross-cultural validation was conducted in 7 steps according to Vallerand's method. Data collection was conducted at the psychiatry department of the Military Hospital of Tunis from February 2019 to December 2020.
      Results: we recruited 300 military personnel, 150 of whom were followed for PTSD. Cronbach's alpha was 0.98 indicating good internal consistency. The study of inter-item correlations revealed a total Spearman index of 0.75. This index indicates a good homogeneity of the translated scale items. Construct validity was checked using the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin index (K-M-O) and Bartlett's test of sphericity. The latter was significant (p<0.000), and the K-M-O index was 0.969, indicating that the correlations between the items were of good quality.
      Conclusion: our study showed that the Arabic version of the PCL-5 scale has satisfactory psychometric properties comparable to those of the original version.
      Competing Interests: Les auteurs ne déclarent aucun conflit d´intérêts.
      (Copyright: Chaker Bencheikh Brahim et al.)
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    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: DSM-5; Psychiatry; post-traumatic stress disorder; scale; validation
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20221201 Date Completed: 20221202 Latest Revision: 20221202
    • Publication Date:
      20231215
    • Accession Number:
      PMC9695675
    • Accession Number:
      10.11604/pamj.2022.43.28.35869
    • Accession Number:
      36451716