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Background: The availability of psychometrically sound instruments for the assessment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is indispensable for clinical and scientific work with individuals suffering from trauma-related distress. Objective: The aim of the present study was to translate the Post-Traumatic Diagnostic Scale for DSM-5 (PDS-5) into German and to evaluate its psychometric properties as well as convergent, discriminant, and factorial validity. Method: The authorized German translation of the PDS-5 was completed by 270 patients admitted to specialized outpatient trauma clinics. Of these, 57.8% completed the PDS for a second time (mean time between assessments was 12.0 days). In order to examine convergent and discriminant validity of the PDS-5, the Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 as well as Patient Health Questionnaire subscales assessing depression (PHQ-9), somatization (PHQ-15), and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) were applied. Results: The PDS-5 total score showed excellent internal consistency (α = .91) and re-test reliability (rho = .84). Convergent validity was supported by a strong correlation with the total score of the Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5; rho = .91). Correlations with Patient Health Questionnaire subscales of depression (rho = .81), anxiety (rho = .72), and somatization (rho = .65) were significantly lower (all p

Original publication

DOI

10.1080/20008198.2021.1965339

Type

Journal article

Journal

Eur J Psychotraumatol

Publication Date

2021

Volume

12

Keywords

DSM-5 创伤后诊断量表 (PDS-5), Escala de diagnóstico postraumático del DSM-5 (PDS-5), German translation, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Post-traumatic Diagnostic Scale for DSM-5 (PDS-5), Traducción al alemán, Trastorno de estrés postraumático, análisis factorial confirmatorio, assessment, confirmatory factor analysis, convergent validity, discriminant validity, evaluación, validez convergente, validez discriminante, 创伤后应激障碍, 区分效度, 德语翻译, 收敛效度, 评估, 验证性因素分析