NOTE: Dr Saylor (at The Citadel) should be contacted for additional instructions in the instrument's use.
Patient selection: Child with a major trauma or stress in the past year. The target ages in the evaluation studies has been 2-10 years of age.
Observations of the child: 21 items
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Responses
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Points
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almost never
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1
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sometimes
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2
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often
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3
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very often
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4
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total score =
= SUM(points for all 21 items)
total score for 17-item PEDS =
= SUM(points for the first 17 items)
Subscores:
(1) anxious, withdrawal (6): items 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16
(2) fearful (5): 3, 4, 5, 6, 10
(3) acting out (6): 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 17
(4) traumatic event related: 18, 19, 20, 21
Interpretation:
• minimum total score 21
• maximum total score: 84
• minimum 17-item score: 17
• maximum 17-item score: 68
• The higher the scores, the greater the child's distress.
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Scale
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Cut-Off Scores (Overall)
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anxious, withdrawn
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> 9.5 (>= 10)
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acting out
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> 13.5 (>= 14)
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fearful
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> 8.5 (>= 9)
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total PEDS (17 item)
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> 27.5 (>= 28)
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from Table 7, page 78; only whole numbers are used in scoring
percent of maximal score) =
= ((score) – (number of items)) / (3 * (number of items)) * 100%
Performance:
• The overall alpha coefficient for the first 17 items was 0.85)
• Parenteral evaluations correlated with total scores.
• Test-retest reliability at 6 weeks ranged from 0.55 to 0.61.
• The level of maternal education affected the choice of cut-off scores, with lower cut-off scores for mothers with high school educations and higher scores for mothers with more education (see Table 7, page 78)..
