TY - JOUR
T1 - Screening for trauma-related symptoms via a smartphone app: The validity of Smart Assessment on your Mobile in referred police officers
AU - van der Meer, Christianne A. I.
AU - Bakker, Anne
AU - Schrieken, Bart A. L.
AU - Hoofwijk, Marthe C.
AU - Olff, Miranda
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - To facilitate easily accessible screening for trauma-related symptoms, a web-based application called Smart Assessment on your Mobile (SAM) was developed. In this study, we examined whether SAM was able to accurately identify posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression in adults. Eighty-nine referred police officers completed SAM, containing the PTSD Checklist for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-5 (PCL-5) and the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21), on their own device prior to a diagnostic interview where the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 (CAPS-5) and Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID-I/P) were administered. Results showed a substantial agreement between SAM and the diagnostic interview in the assessment of PTSD and depression. An optimal trade-off between sensitivity (89%) and specificity (68%) levels was found at a cut-off score of 31 on the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (area under the curve=0.845, 95% CI [0.765, 0.925], diagnostic odds ratio=15.97). This is one of the first studies to support the validity and reliability of a mobile screener following trauma. SAM may facilitate screening for trauma-related symptoms on a large scale and could be a first step in a stepped-care model for trauma survivors to help identify individuals who need further diagnostics and care
AB - To facilitate easily accessible screening for trauma-related symptoms, a web-based application called Smart Assessment on your Mobile (SAM) was developed. In this study, we examined whether SAM was able to accurately identify posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression in adults. Eighty-nine referred police officers completed SAM, containing the PTSD Checklist for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-5 (PCL-5) and the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21), on their own device prior to a diagnostic interview where the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 (CAPS-5) and Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID-I/P) were administered. Results showed a substantial agreement between SAM and the diagnostic interview in the assessment of PTSD and depression. An optimal trade-off between sensitivity (89%) and specificity (68%) levels was found at a cut-off score of 31 on the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (area under the curve=0.845, 95% CI [0.765, 0.925], diagnostic odds ratio=15.97). This is one of the first studies to support the validity and reliability of a mobile screener following trauma. SAM may facilitate screening for trauma-related symptoms on a large scale and could be a first step in a stepped-care model for trauma survivors to help identify individuals who need further diagnostics and care
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1579
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1579
M3 - Article
C2 - 28948699
SN - 1049-8931
VL - 26
SP - e1579
JO - International journal of methods in psychiatric research
JF - International journal of methods in psychiatric research
IS - 3
ER -