The accuracy of the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) to identify PTSD cases in victims of urban violence

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 185, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 157-160

  Pupo, Mariana Cadrobbi ^a   Jorge, Miguel Roberto ^a   schoedl, Aline Ferri ^a   Bressan, Rodrigo Affonseca ^a   Andreoli, Sérgio Baxter ^a   Mello, Marcelo Feijo ^a   Mari, Jair de Jesus ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CAPS; Kappa coefficient; Psychometric properties; PTSD; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION; VALIDITY; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; URBAN HEALTH; VIOLENCE;

EID: 78650190906     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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