Translation and Validation of the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS-CA-5) for Portuguese Children and Adolescents

Authors

  • Inês Barroca Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit. Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental. Lisbon. Faculty of Health Sciences. Universidade da Beira Interior. Covilhã.
  • Ana Velosa Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health. Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental. Lisbon. NOVA Medical School | Faculdade de Ciências Médicas Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Lisbon.
  • Gonçalo Cotovio Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health. Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental. Lisbon. NOVA Medical School | Faculdade de Ciências Médicas Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Lisbon. Champalimaud Research & Clinical Centre. Champalimaud Foundation. Lisbon.
  • Catarina M. Santos Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health. Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental. Lisbon.
  • Giulia Riggi Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit. Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental. Lisbon.
  • Rita P. Costa Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit. Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental. Lisbon.
  • Joana Macieira Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit. Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental. Lisbon.
  • Leonor S. Machado Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit. Hospital Garcia de Orta. Lisbon.
  • Daniela S. Simões Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit. Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental. Lisbon.
  • Paulo A. Pereira Institute of Management and Health Organizations. Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Viseu.
  • Inês Pinto Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit. Hospital Beatriz Ângelo. Loures.
  • Paula S. Carvalho Department of Psychology and Education. Universidade da Beira Interior. Covilhã.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.16718

Keywords:

Adolescent, Child, Interviews, Portugal, Psychometrics, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Translating

Abstract

Introduction: The aim of this study was to translate and validate into European Portuguese the CAPS-CA-5 (Clinician Administered PTSD Scale for Children and Adolescents), a semi-structured scale for the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents, according to the DSM-5 criteria.
Material and Methods: This study was developed in three stages. In the first stage, the translation and back-translation of CAPS-CA-5 into European Portuguese was carried out. In the second stage, the version obtained in the previous step was subjected to a pre-test. In the third stage, the final version of CAPS-CA-5, the KIDCOPE questionnaires and the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-Children were applied to 101 children who had experienced at least one potentially traumatic event. The children included in this study were between seven and 18 years old and had a follow-up period in a Child Psychiatry or Pediatrics Clinic in one of the three hospitals involved in this project of at least one month.
Results: Regarding the confirmatory factor analysis, our results show that the CAPS-CA-5 is a suitable psychometric instrument to assess the diagnosis and symptoms severity of post-traumatic stress disorder according to DSM-5. Convergent validity was comparable to its original version. Although there were negative relationships with almost all of its clusters, these were not statistically significant when applied with the positive coping strategies of the KIDCOPE. The European Portuguese version of the CAPS-CA-5 showed a good internal consistency (Cronbach’s α for the total scale was 0.89).
Conclusion: The European Portuguese version of CAPS-CA-5 has similar psychometric properties to its original version

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Published

2022-09-01

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Barroca I, Velosa A, Cotovio G, Santos CM, Riggi G, Costa RP, Macieira J, Machado LS, Simões DS, Pereira PA, Pinto I, Carvalho PS. Translation and Validation of the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS-CA-5) for Portuguese Children and Adolescents. Acta Med Port [Internet]. 2022 Sep. 1 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];35(9):652-6. Available from: https://actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/16718

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