A Study on Reliability and Validity of the Impact of Event Scale-Revised-North Korea (IES-R-NK) / 신경정신의학
Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
;
: 97-104, 2015.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-98842
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
This study was conducted to translate the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) into North Korean language and confirm its reliability and validity.METHODS:
A total of 207 North Korean defectors recruited from the Call Center for North Korean Defectors participated in this study. Psychiatrists and psychiatric residents interviewed the participants individually and made psychiatric diagnosis. Subsequently, they completed the Brief Psychological State Inventory for North Korean Refugees (BPSI-NKR), the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale-North Korea (CES-D-NK), and the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-North Korea (AUDIT-NK) as well as the Impact of Event Scale-Revised-North Korea (IES-R-NK). Of the original participants, 143 subjects participated in test-retest reliability study after one week.RESULTS:
The internal consistency using Cronbach's alpha was superior in both male and female from North Korea. In addition, the temporal stability was also satisfactory. A good convergent validity was clearly shown by significant correlations with BPSI-PTSD and CES-D-NK, respectively. On the other hand, IES-R-NK had no or weak correlations with AUDIT-NK and BPSI-NKR-alcohol, demonstrating its satisfactory discriminant validity.CONCLUSION:
IES-R-NK might be considered as a short and valid screening tool for identification of PTSD symptoms in North Korean defectors.
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Main subject:
Psychiatry
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Refugees
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Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
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Epidemiologic Studies
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Mass Screening
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Reproducibility of Results
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Depression
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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Hand
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Korea
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Screening study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
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