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Sharon L. Manne, Katherine Du Hamel, Kim Gallelli, Karen Sorgen, William H. Redd, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Mothers of Pediatric Cancer Survivors: Diagnosis, Comorbidity, and Utility of the PTSD Checklist as a Screening Instrument, Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Volume 23, Issue 6, December 1998, Pages 357–366, https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/23.6.357
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Abstract
Objective: To examine posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in mothers of survivors of childhood cancer. Comorbidity of anxiety and depressive disorders, prevalence of subclinical PTSD, and the utility of a self report measure as a screening instrument for PTSD were also investigated.
Method: Mothers (n = 65) completed a questionnaire self-report PTSD checklist (PCL-C). Mothers were administered several modules of the SCID: nonpatient edition by telephone, including the PTSD, Generalized Anxiety, and Major Depressive Disorder modules.
Results: We diagnosed 6.2% of the sample with current PTSD. An additional 20% had subclinical PTSD. One of four mothers with PTSD diagnoses had a comorbid diagnosis of an anxiety and depressive disorder. The PCL-C evidenced diagnostic utility as a screening instrument. However, a moderate number of false-positives would result if the recommended cut-off on the instrument was used.
Conclusions: The PCL-C had diagnostic utility in screening mothers of childhood cancer survivors. The presence of comorbid diagnoses such as anxiety and depression should be examined.