Validation of the Italian version of the peritraumatic distress inventory: validity, reliability and factor analysis in a sample of healthcare workers

Carmassi, Claudia; Bui, Éric; Bertelloni, Carlo Antonio; Dell’Oste, Valerio; Pedrinelli, Virginia; Corsi, Martina; Baldanzi, Sigrid; Cristaudo, Alfonso; Buselli, R

doi:10.1080/20008198.2021.1879552

Cited by 11 publications

(6 citation statements)

References 56 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Though the end impact of COVID-19 is unclear at this point in time, its psychological effects such as distress about getting infected, infection to their family members and loved ones, fear of death, anger, sleep issues, and anxiety, all of which affect the emotional and physical health of individuals, suggesting high risk of PTSD development (62,63). Based on recent studies, healthcare providers, psychologists, and psychiatrists are also at high risk of exposure to COVID-19, not only are they faced with the increased level of psychological distress, in addition to longer work time, more work responsibility, but they are exposed to increasing numbers of patients and constant updates of hospital procedures (64)(65)(66)(67). Thus, many of the healthcare providers developed burnout, PTSD, anxiety, and depression after the cessation of the pandemic, and to avoid such problems in the future, the Persian version IES-R could be used as a tool for early intervention to measure the subjective psychological distress triggered by any traumatic event.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Psychometric Properties of the Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R) Among General Iranian Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic

et al. 2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Objective: The aim of this study was to translate and evaluate the validity and reliability of the Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R) among the Iranian general population during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.Method: This study was methodological cross-sectional. It was conducted on an Iranian public population from April to July 2020 which was during the COVID-19 pandemic. Construct validity was determined through exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with a total of 500 adults recruited via online data gathering. Reliability was checked through the average inter-item correlation (AIC), Cronbach's alpha, and McDonald's omega. Convergent and divergent validity was determined using Fornell and Larcker's approach.Results: The results showed that the Persian version of IES-R had three factors, including intrusion (six items), avoidance (seven items), and hyperarousal (five items), that explained 59.22% of the total variance of the IES-R. The CFA findings indicated that all goodness-of-fit indices confirmed the model fit. The Cronbach's alpha, McDonald's omega, composite reliability (CR), and maximal reliability were excellent, and the three factors have good convergent validity.Conclusion: The findings of this study indicated that the Persian version of the IES-R scale is efficient and useful to assess post-traumatic stress disorder among Iran general population in the COVID-19 outbreak.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Psychometric Properties of the Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R) Among General Iranian Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic

et al. 2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The survey measures included: – socio-demographic data; – COVID-19-related experiences (having been tested for or diagnosed with COVID-19 and experiences of social isolation or quarantine); – an open question asking participants to describe their worst experience with the COVID-19 crisis; – the Peritraumatic Distress Inventory (PDI; Brunet et al, 2001 ; Carmassi et al, 2021 ). The PDI assesses life-threat and other physical and emotional immediate responses (e.g.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…– the Peritraumatic Distress Inventory (PDI; Brunet et al, 2001 ; Carmassi et al, 2021 ). The PDI assesses life-threat and other physical and emotional immediate responses (e.g.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Narratives of the worst experiences associated with peritraumatic distress during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed method study in the USA and Italy

Cipolletta

Tomaino

Rivest‐Beauregard

et al. 2022

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background: Although symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have been associated with the COVID-19 pandemic experiences, no study has explored yet the association of specific COVID-19 narratives with peritraumatic distress, the precursor of PTSD. Objective: To explore the worst experiences associated with peritraumatic distress during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: Adult residents ( N = 1098), from the US ( n = 741) and Italy ( n = 357), completed an online survey including socio-demographic data, COVID-19-related experiences, the Peritraumatic Distress Inventory and an open question on their worst experiences during the first period of the COVID-19 pandemic (April–May 2020). A thematic content analysis (TCA) was conducted on the answers to the open question and a classification and regression tree (CART) analysis was used to identify the themes that best predicted the clinical levels of peritraumatic distress. Results: The main TCA themes related to participants’ worst COVID-19 experiences were anxiety, threat, loss, anger, stress and constriction. Threat was the most prevalent theme and correlated with experiences such as being quarantined, being infected and a loved one receiving the diagnosis. US participants’ descriptions of their worst experiences related more to life-threat and loss, while Italians reported more threat to the world, stress, social isolation, and feeling trapped. In the CART analysis, the main predictor (79.9%) was perceiving negative effects from the COVID-19 crisis. Among them, a COVID-related threat to self-experience was the most robust predictor. In its absence, being deprived of resources or experiencing high levels of anxiety were other robust predictors. Conclusions: The study provided evidence of the utility of a mixed-method approach in conceptualizing experiences associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and the risk of traumatic symptoms. Its findings may inform healthcare interventions and policies for tackling the new challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. HIGHLIGHTS Clinically significant levels of peritraumatic distress symptoms were prevalent during the COVID-19 pandemic. Clinically significant levels of peritraumatic distress during the COVID-19 pandemic were related to experiences of life-threat, resource deprivation, and anxiety, cross-cutting the themes articulated by the thematic content analysis of anxiety, threat, loss, anger, stress and constriction. The US and Italian participants’ descriptions of their worst experiences differed in subtle but important ways, with Americans reporting more life-threat and losses compared to Italians reporting more threat to the world, stress, social isolation, and feelings of being trapped.

show abstract

“…Peritraumatic Dissociative Experiences Questionnaire (PDEQ) [ 23 , 24 ]. This 10-item self-report questionnaire measures the dissociation experienced during or immediately after a traumatic event.…”

Section: Second Study Protocol: Observational Study On Affinity For E-learning Of University Studentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mediator Effect of Affinity for E-Learning on Mental Health: Buffering Strategy for the Resilience of University Students

Giacomo

Martelli

Guerra

et al. 2021

IJERPH

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The pandemic affected the quality of life and wellness of the population, changing living habits through restriction measures. This study aimed to analyze the psychological impact of the fear of the COVID-19 pandemic and the adoption of e-learning for university students. The study was articulated in two research applications: the first application was a rapid review on the psychological effects of the pandemic on the emotional dimension of undergraduate students; the second application was an observational study on the effect of e-learning adoption in the pandemic emergency. In the first step, we performed a systematic search of MEDLINE through PubMed and the Web of Science [Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI); Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)] of all scientific literature published from May 2020 to February 2021. The reviewed articles suggest the impact of the pandemic and lockdown measures on university students due to several mental symptoms, including anxiety, stress, depression, event-specific distress, and a decrease in psychological well-being. Psychological symptoms were related to the experience of several stressors, such as the risk for a reduction of academic perspectives, massive e-learning adoption, economic issues, social restrictions, and implications for daily life related to the COVID-19 outbreak. The second scientific application was conducted to evaluate the affinity for e-learning on a sample composed of Italian undergraduates exposed to massive e-learning adoption. The results evidence the positive influence of e-learning in academic programs for the wellbeing of undergraduates. The mediator effect of the affinity of youth for e-learning can be considered to have had a buffering effect for professional advancement and for the mental health of university students in a public health emergency.

show abstract

Validation of the Italian version of the peritraumatic distress inventory: validity, reliability and factor analysis in a sample of healthcare workers

Cited by 11 publications

References 56 publications

Psychometric Properties of the Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R) Among General Iranian Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Psychometric Properties of the Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R) Among General Iranian Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Narratives of the worst experiences associated with peritraumatic distress during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed method study in the USA and Italy

Mediator Effect of Affinity for E-Learning on Mental Health: Buffering Strategy for the Resilience of University Students

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About