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[Improved diagnostics of trauma-related disease through the application of the Life-Stressor Checklist]
Oliver Ungerer1, Hans-Christian Deter, Erdmuthe Fikentscher
1Brandenburg Klinik, Psychosomatik, Bernau. ungerer@brandenburgklinik.de
Abstract:
The study examines the effectiveness of applying the Life-Stressor Checklist (LSC-R) in diagnosing trauma-related disease. The validity of a quantitative analysis of the checklist is evaluated in consideration of the dose-response effect between the number of different traumatic stressor expositions and the degree of trauma-related symptoms. The trauma checklist LSC-R was applied to 130 patients. Data on psychological symptoms was collected with the help of IES-R (PTSD symptoms) and SCL-90-R, the relevance of traumatic experiences for the genesis of disorders was assessed by expert evaluation. The dose effect replicated clearly with r=0.714 and a cut-off of ≥6 yielded a 75% agreement with the expert evaluation. The total value of the trauma checklist showed a differentiation within high-risk groups and also agreement with the severity of the traumatization. The quantitative analysis of the trauma checklist permits an effective screening for identifying trauma-related disease.
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