2.6. Quantitative Data
anxiety, traumas, traumatic, PTSD, depression
EVENT, DISORDERS
A series of self-report questionnaires were collected, at time points pre, post, 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months, in order to measure changes in a number of constructs related to PTSD and MI. These included The Military Injury Symptom Scale–Military Short Form (MISS-M-SF) [The Military Injury Symptom Scale–Military Short Form (MISS-M-SF) was the primary outcome measure of interest for this study. The MISS-M-SF is a reliable and valid measure of MI symptoms that can be used to screen for MI and monitor response to treatment in veterans and active-duty military with or without diagnosed PTSD [The CAPS-5 is a 29-item structured interview for assessing PTSD diagnostic status and symptom severity [The PCL-5 is a widely-used, 17-item questionnaire self-report measure of PTSD symptom severity in relation to an identified “stressful experience”. Each symptom is rated on a scale of 0–4. This approach has been used before and has strong reliability and validity [The PHQ-9 is commonly used to measure the severity of depression. The PHQ-9 incorporates DSM-IV depression diagnostic criteria into a 9-item, self-report outcome measure. Responses represent the frequency of symptoms in the past two weeks, and each symptom can be rated on a scale of 0–3 [The GAD-7 is used to measure the severity of anxiety. This self-report scale consists of seven items, and responses represent the frequency of symptoms in the two past weeks and are given on a scale of 0–3 [The OQ-45 is a self-report inventory measuring social functioning. It consists of 45 items which are rated on a 5-point scale and reflect three domains: symptomatic distress, interpersonal relationships, and social role [The PDE-Q is a 10-item test that measures the extent of dissociation at the time of the traumatic event and in the minutes and hours that followed [The CD-RISC-25 is a tool utilized to measure perceived resilience within 17 domains. The tool consists of a 25-item scale within these domains. This tool has been studied extensively and has been demonstrated to be valid and reliable when utilized with survivors of various traumas and PTSD [The AUDIT is an alcohol self-report, 10-item questionnaire that aims to help identify persons who are hazardous drinkers or have active alcohol use disorders [The DERS-18 is a 36-item self-report measure that aims to assess emotion dysregulation. It has been translated into several languages; short forms have been developed including the 18-item DERS-18 [