Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via degli Apuli 1, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jun 10;17(11):4151. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17114151.
Since December 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic has attracted worldwide attention for its rapid and exponential diffusion. The long-term psychological impact, of both the spread of the virus and the restrictive policies adopted to counteract it, remains uncertain. However, recent studies reported a high level of psychological distress and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms. The purpose of this study is to assess the psychometric properties of a new questionnaire, to evaluate PTSD risk related to the COVID-19 emergency. A total of Italian people completed a web-based cross-sectional survey broadcasted through different social-media. Demographic data and some psychological dimensions, such as general distress and sleep disturbance, were collected. A new self-report questionnaire (COVID-19-PTSD), consisting of 19 items, was developed starting from the PTSD Check List for DSM-5 (PCL-5) questionnaire, and it was administered in order to analyze its psychometric properties. The results highlighted the adequate psychometric properties of the COVID-19-PTSD questionnaire. The confirmatory factor analysis indicated that a seven-factor model (, , , , , and best fits the data. Significant correlations were found among COVID-19-PTSD scores, general distress and sleep disturbance. A high percentage of PTSD symptomatology (29.5%) was found in the Italian population. COVID-19-PTSD appears to be effective in evaluating the specific stress symptoms related to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Italian population. These results are relevant from a clinical point of view because they suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic could be considered as a traumatic event. Psychological interventions to counteract short- and long-term psychopathological effects, consequent to the COVID-19 pandemic, appear to be necessary.
自 2019 年 12 月以来，COVID-19 疫情因其快速和指数级的传播而引起了全球关注。病毒传播和为应对疫情而采取的限制政策的长期心理影响尚不确定。然而，最近的研究报告称，存在较高水平的心理困扰和创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）症状。本研究旨在评估一种新问卷的心理测量特性，以评估与 COVID-19 紧急情况相关的 PTSD 风险。共有意大利人完成了一项通过不同社交媒体传播的基于网络的横断面调查。收集了人口统计学数据和一些心理维度，如一般困扰和睡眠障碍。从 PTSD 检查表第五版（PCL-5）问卷开始，开发了一种新的自我报告问卷（COVID-19-PTSD），共 19 个项目，用于分析其心理测量特性。结果突出了 COVID-19-PTSD 问卷的充分心理测量特性。验证性因素分析表明，七因素模型（，，，，，和最佳拟合数据。COVID-19-PTSD 评分与一般困扰和睡眠障碍之间存在显著相关性。在意大利人群中发现了较高比例的 PTSD 症状（29.5%）。COVID-19-PTSD 似乎能够有效地评估与 COVID-19 大流行相关的特定应激症状。这些结果从临床角度来看是相关的，因为它们表明 COVID-19 大流行可以被视为创伤事件。为了对抗 COVID-19 大流行产生的短期和长期心理病理影响，似乎需要进行心理干预。
