Gorzka Robert-Jacek, Rebling Katja, Höllmer Helge, Schulz Holger, Knaust Thiemo, Protic Sonja, Schredl Michael, Wittmann Lutz
Center for Mental Health, German Armed Forces Hospital Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
Bundeswehr Military Police Command, Department of Psychology, Hannover, Germany.
Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2019 Apr 5;10(1):1592393. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2019.1592393. eCollection 2019.
Nightmares are a widespread phenomenon. In comparison to the general population, they occur in mentally ill and especially in traumatized individuals with an increased frequency. Despite the high prevalence, there is no short questionnaire in the German language that is able to characterize nightmares, to differentiate between different nightmare types and to assess their impact on daytime functioning. The Hamburg Nightmare Questionnaire (HNQ) has been developed as a short self-rating instrument to fill this gap. Psychometric characteristics of the HNQ were evaluated in a sample of 707 German soldiers passing through the standard diagnostics of the Center for Mental Health at the German Armed Forces Hospital Hamburg. The results of this study show satisfactory psychometric characteristics as a sound factorial structure and adequate internal consistency for the HNQ as well as initial indications of the construct validity of its subscales. The HNQ is a reliable and economic tool for the assessment of posttraumatic nightmares in clinical as well as research settings.
噩梦是一种普遍现象。与普通人群相比，噩梦在精神疾病患者中更为常见，尤其是在受过创伤的个体中，其发生频率更高。尽管噩梦的发生率很高，但德语中并没有一个简短的问卷能够描述噩梦的特征、区分不同类型的噩梦并评估其对日间功能的影响。汉堡噩梦问卷（HNQ）就是为填补这一空白而开发的一种简短的自评工具。在通过汉堡德国武装部队医院心理健康中心标准诊断的707名德国士兵样本中，对HNQ的心理测量特征进行了评估。这项研究的结果表明，HNQ具有令人满意的心理测量特征，如良好的因子结构和足够的内部一致性，以及其子量表结构效度的初步迹象。HNQ是一种在临床和研究环境中评估创伤后噩梦的可靠且经济的工具。
