Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in cancer: psychometric analysis of the Spanish Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist‐Civilian version

Costa-Requena, Gema; Gil, Francisco

doi:10.1002/pon.1601

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“…In the current sample, PCL-C obtained proper values of reliability (.91 for total score, .85 for the hyperarousal/re-experiencing subscale, .80 for numbing, and .72 for avoidance subscale). These values were similar to the Spanish version of the PCL-C, which also has a good total score reliability of .90, and coefficients of .87, .78, and .69 for the hyperarousal/re-experiencing, numbing, and avoidance subscores ( Costa-Requena & Gil, 2010 ).…”

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Positive psychotherapy for distressed cancer survivors: Posttraumatic growth facilitation reduces posttraumatic stress

Ochoa

Casellas‐Grau

Vives

et al. 2017

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

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Background/ObjectiveThere is increasing evidence that positive life changes, such as posttraumatic growth (PTG), can result from the experience of coping with cancer. However, no interventions have been specifically designed to facilitate the development of PTG in cancer. In this article, we describe and assess the results of Positive Psychotherapy for Cancer (PPC) survivors. It aims to facilitate PTG as a way of achieving significant reductions in the symptoms of emotional distress and posttraumatic stress. In addition, the corroboration of this PTG facilitation is assessed using interpersonal indicators. Method: We allocated 126 consecutive survivors of cancer with high levels of emotional distress and who were seeking psychological support to either an experimental group (PPC) or a waiting list group. Results: The PPC group obtained significantly better results after treatment than the control group, showing reduced distress, decreased posttraumatic symptoms, and increased PTG. The benefits were maintained at 3 and 12 months’ follow-up. Participants’ PTG was correlated to the PTG that their significant others attributed to them, corroborating PTG facilitation. Conclusions: PPC appears to promote significant long-term PTG and can reduce emotional distress and posttraumatic stress in cancer survivors. In addition, PTG facilitation induced by PPC is corroborated by significant others.

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Positive psychotherapy for distressed cancer survivors: Posttraumatic growth facilitation reduces posttraumatic stress

Ochoa

Casellas‐Grau

Vives

et al. 2017

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

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“…Our findings indicate that PTSD symptoms experienced by women with ovarian cancer differ from those reported by other cancer patients, including a sample of survivors of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma [28] and a sample of individuals with mixed cancer diagnoses [29]. Compared with the aforementioned groups, a larger proportion of women with ovarian cancer reported experiencing these symptoms (45% compared with 38% of survivors of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and 28% of individuals with a mixed diagnosis).…”

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Symptoms of posttraumatic stress in Australian women with ovarian cancer

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“…[37][38][39] The same version was used in Spain among cancer patients. 40 We used the PCL-C questionnaire translated to Spanish by Balmas and others. Israelski et al 41 used this version with Spanish-speaking patients with human immunodeficiency virus/ AIDS in California.…”

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The Prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Adult Earthquake Survivors in Peru

Cairo

Dutta²,

Nawaz³

et al. 2010

Disaster med. public health prep.

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Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and to assess the relationships between PTSD and demographic and disaster-related factors.Methods: Five months after a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck the city of Pisco, Peru, we conducted a cross-sectional study using demographic questions, the PTSD Checklist, and a translated version of the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire. We used stratified sampling to randomly enroll subjects in Pisco and its annexes. We then used bivariate and multivariate analyses to find correlations between PTSD and demographic and disaster-related factors.Results: We interviewed 298 adult earthquake survivors and detected 75 cases of PTSD (prevalence 25.2%; 95% confidence interval, 20.2%-30.1%). In the bivariate analysis, PTSD was significantly associated with female sex, loss of church, food and water shortages immediately after the earthquake, joblessness, injuries, loss of a relative or friend, lack of clean drinking water or appropriate sleeping conditions 5 months after the earthquake, and low levels of perceived support from family and friends. In the multivariate analysis, only female sex, food and water shortages, loss of church, injuries, and low levels of perceived support from family and friends were independently associated with PTSD.Conclusions: PTSD affected about a quarter of Pisco's population. Its impact was moderate to severe when compared with other disasters worldwide and in Latin America.(Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2010;4:39-46)

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Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in cancer: psychometric analysis of the Spanish Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist‐Civilian version

Abstract: The conceptualization of PTSD symptoms for cancer patients is supported by the specific symptom clusters identified on PCL-C.

Cited by 24 publications

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Positive psychotherapy for distressed cancer survivors: Posttraumatic growth facilitation reduces posttraumatic stress

Positive psychotherapy for distressed cancer survivors: Posttraumatic growth facilitation reduces posttraumatic stress

Symptoms of posttraumatic stress in Australian women with ovarian cancer

The Prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Adult Earthquake Survivors in Peru

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