@article{ref1,
title="Validation of a French adaptation of the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire among torture survivors from sub-Saharan African countries",
journal="European journal of psychotraumatology",
year="2012",
author="de Fouchier, Capucine and Blanchet, Alain and Hopkins, William and Bui, Eric and Ait-Aoudia, Malik and Jehel, Louis",
volume="3",
number="online",
pages="19225-19225",
abstract="BACKGROUND: To date no validated instrument in the French language exists to screen for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in survivors of torture and organized violence. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to adapt and validate the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (HTQ) to this population. METHOD: The adapted version was administered to 52 French-speaking torture survivors, originally from sub-Saharan African countries, receiving psychological treatment in specialized treatment centers. A structured clinical interview for DSM was also conducted in order to assess if they met criteria for PTSD. RESULTS: Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the HTQ Part 4 was adequate (0.95). Criterion validity was evaluated using receiver operating characteristic curve analysis that generated good classification accuracy for PTSD (0.83). At the original cut-off score of 2.5, the HTQ demonstrated high sensitivity and specificity (0.87 and 0.73, respectively). CONCLUSION: Results support the reliability and validity of the French version of the HTQ.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2000-8198",
doi="10.3402/ejpt.v3i0.19225",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v3i0.19225"
}