Validation of the French version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Addendum for posttraumatic stress disorder

Malik Ait-Aoudia, Pierre P Levy, Eric Bui, Salvatore Insana, Capucine de Fouchier, Anne Germain, Louis Jehel, Malik Ait-Aoudia, Pierre P Levy, Eric Bui, Salvatore Insana, Capucine de Fouchier, Anne Germain, Louis Jehel

Abstract

Background: Sleep disturbances are one of the main complaints of patients with trauma-related disorders. The original Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Addendum for PTSD (PSQI-A) is self-report instrument developed to evaluate posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)-specific sleep disturbances in trauma-exposed individuals. However, to date, the PSQI-A has not yet been translated nor validated in French.

Objective: THE PRESENT STUDY AIMS TO: a) translate the PSQI-A into French, and b) examine its psychometric properties.

Method: Seventy-three adult patients (mean age=40.3 [SD=15.0], 75% females) evaluated in a specialized psychotraumatology unit completed the French versions of the PSQI-A, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and Impact Event Scale-Revised (IES-R).

Results: The French version of the PSQI-A showed satisfactory internal consistency, inter-item correlations, item correlations with the total score, convergent validity with PTSD and anxiety measures, and divergent validity with a depression measure.

Conclusion: Our findings support the use of the French version of the PSQI-A for both clinical care and research. The French version of the PSQI-A is an important addition to the currently available instruments that can be used to examine trauma-related sleep disturbances among French-speaking individuals.

Keywords: Nightmares; PTSD; posttraumatic sleep disturbances; psychometric properties; trauma-related disorders.

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ROC curve presenting the power of the French version of the PSQI-A to discriminate between probable PTSD and no-PTSD using among 73 trauma-exposed treatment-seeking individuals.
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