Citation

McIntyre LM, Butterfield MI, Nanda K, Parsey K, Stechuchak KM, McChesney AW, Koons C, Bastian LA. J. Gen. Intern Med. 1999; 14(3): 186-189.

Affiliation

Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham, NC 27705, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10203625

PMCID

PMC1496546

Abstract

The Trauma Questionnaire (TQ) assesses a woman's history of childhood and adult sexual trauma, sexual harassment, and domestic violence. The TQ is used widely at Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, but its validity has not been thoroughly examined. In a prospective study of 127 women, we found the TQ to have good to excellent agreement with a semistructured clinician interview and good sensitivity and specificity. The TQ can be used as a valid alternative to the clinician interview in the initial elicitation of trauma history among women veterans in the primary care setting.

Language: en