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The Primary Care PTSD Screen for DSM-5 (PC-PTSD-5) is a five question questionnaire that was designed for use in primary care to screen for traumatic events over the last month of the patient's life. It's a relatively new questionnaire researched in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and was designed to identify respondents with probable Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in a outpatient primary care setting). Itâs not a well-studied questionnaire but it has some psychometric research.
Itâs a revised version of the Primary Care PTSD screen (PC-PTSD), updated to reflect the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) criteria for PTSD. In general, a cut off score of 4 optimized the balance between sensitivity and specificity, whereas a cut off score of 5 maximized specificity. Patients found the screen acceptable and indicated a preference for administration by their primary care providers.
References
Prins A, Bovin MJ, Smolenski DJ, et al. The Primary Care PTSD Screen for DSM-5 (PC-PTSD-5): Development and Evaluation Within a Veteran Primary Care Sample. J Gen Intern Med. 2016;31(10):1206-11.
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