Trauma scale for disaster situations

ABSTRACT

This paper presents the TSDS-Trauma Scale for Disaster Situations that was developed after the recent earthquake in Pakistan. The TSDS was developed for children and adolescents of 10-16 years i.e. 6-10 graders. Ratings from five experts were taken on items to determine scale content validity that is 0.72[cvi] with an inter-rater reliability of 0.9alpha with significant infra-class correlation. Scale was administered to 382 children to establish the scale reliability [0. 7alpha] and test re-test reliability [0.93alpha]. The scale has 10 items that explain 87% of the variability. The tests for TSDS were started in immediate post-disaster phase and completed in recovery phase thus can be used in late recovery phase to determine residual characteristics associated to trauma and PTSD. Scale covers the core criteria for diagnosis apropos DSM-IV