Prognostička svojstva instrumenta W-PTSD za utvrđivanje posttraumatskog stresnog poremećaja kod osoba oštećena vida
Prognostical Characteristics of the W-PTSD Instrument for Determining Posttraumatic Sterss Disordes in Persons with Visual Impairment

Summary/Abstract: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder has been defined in the more recent literature as a set of the specific symptoms occurring in some individuals, after they have been exposed directly or as witnesses to a traumatic experience that would be very traumatic for the most persons. Their reaction to such experience was strong fear, feeling of helplessness or horror. The development of the symptoms of such disorder is determined by the traits of the personality of the exposed individual, type and intensity of the trauma, role that the person had during the traumatic incident, and the environment-circumstances. The existence of the posttraumatic disorder in a person can be identified with a number of the standardized instruments. Although there is a significant number of research works available in the literature studying this disorder and its various aspects, it is almost impossible to find those dealing with this disorder in the population of the persons with vision impairments. Therefore, it could not be established with certainty whether the instruments adequate to identify PTSP in the general population were equally reliable concerning the persons with vision impairments that were likely to manifest such disorder. In order to determine the reliability of the W-PTSD instruments for the persons suffering from vision impairments that had been exposed to the traumatic experience it was necessary to apply along with this instrument also the additional standardized instrument to determine PTSP. The LASC-01 questionnaire was used for this purpose. It was determined based on the results of the research that was carried out on 28 blind persons disabled in the Croatian War of Independence that in both questionnaires in the area of the PTSP measuring variables the respondents had similar results. The conclusion that can be made based on this is that the W-PTSD instrument is the proper instrument to be used to determine PTSP in the population of the persons with vision impairments.

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