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Psychometric properties of the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) in Greek women after cesarean section

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Orovou, Eirini, Theodoropoulou, Irina Mrvoljak, Antoniou, Evangelia·2021·PLOS ONE
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0255689PMC PMC8363016
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The aim of this study was to examine psychometric properties of the revised Posttraumatic Stress Checklist (PCL-5) for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual– 5 th Edition (DSM-5) in Greek postpartum women after Cesarean Section(CS) (emergency-elective).So far, there was no study in Greece assessing psychometric properties of the PCL-5 in women after CS. The participating women ( N = 469), who gave birth with emergency and elective CS at the Greek University Hospital of Larisa, have consented to participate in two phases of the survey and completed self-report questionnaires, the 2 nd day after CS and at the 6 th week after CS. Measures used in this study were the PCL-5 for DSM-5, the Life Events Checklist (LEC-5), Criteria B, C, D, E, and Criterion A, specifically designed for detection of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in postpartum period. To evaluate the internal reliability of the PCL-5 two different indices of internal consistency were calculated, i.e., Cronbach’s alpha (.97) and Guttman’ssplit-half (.95), demonstrating high reliability level. The data were positively skewed, suggesting that the reported levels of PTSD among our participants were low. Factor analyses demonstrated acceptable construct validity; a comparison of thePCL-5 with the other measures of the same concept showed a good convergent validity of the scale. Overall, all the results suggest that the four-factor PCL-5 seemed to work adequately for the Greek sample of women after CS.

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  • The PCL-5 is a well-validated self-report measure and shows strong correspondence with clinical diagnostics.

    “the PCL-5, which is a well validated self-report measure 34,51,64,65 and shows strong correspondence with clinical diagnostics34”

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    The Measures section identifies the PCL-5 as a self-report tool, and the Results and Discussion report strong reliability and convergent validity in Greek women after cesarean section. The Scale validity results show correlations with PTSD criteria, but the paper does not establish strong correspondence with clinician-made diagnoses; that part of the claim is unsupported. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Authors
Orovou, E., Theodoropoulou, I. M., & Antoniou, E.
Affiliations
University of West Attica (GR)
Corresponding author
Orovou, Eirini
ORCID
Venue
PLOS ONE
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Published
2021-08-13
Volume
16
Issue
8
Pages
e0255689
ISSN
1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0255689
PMC
PMC8363016
OpenAlex
W3188777845
Cited by
31
References
54
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 1
FWCI
3.07
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
University of Thessaly
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
Keywords
post-traumatic stress disorder, PCL-5, cesarean section, postpartum women, psychometric properties, internal consistency, construct validity, convergent validity, Life Events Checklist, emergency cesarean section, Greek women
MeSH terms
Adult, Cesarean Section, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Greece, Hospitals, University, Humans, Pregnancy, Psychometrics, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Reproducibility of Results, Elective Surgical Procedures, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Postpartum Period, Checklist, Self Report

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