Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học General Psychiatry cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: The STRS (shortness of breath, tremulousness, racing heart, and sweating): A brief checklist for acute distress with panic-like autonomic indicators; development and factor structure. | Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry Primary research BioMed Central Open Access The STRS shortness of breath tremulousness racing heart and sweating A brief checklist for acute distress with panic-like autonomic indicators development and factor structure HS Bracha 1 Andrew E Williams2 Stephen N Haynes2 Edward S Kubany1 Tyler C Ralston1 and Jennifer M Yamashita1 Address 1National Center for PTSD Department of Veterans Affairs Pacific Islands Health Care System Spark M. Matsunaga Medical Center Honolulu HI USA and 2Department of Psychology University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu HI USA Email HS Bracha - Andrew E Williams - awilliam@ Stephen N Haynes - sneil@ Edward S Kubany - Tyler C Ralston - Jennifer M Yamashita - Corresponding author Published 22 April 2004 Received 11 November 2003 Accepted 22 April 2004 Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry 2004 3 8 This article is available from http content 3 1 8 2004 Bracha et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose provided this notice is preserved along with the article s original URL. Abstract Background Peritraumatic response as currently assessed by Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD diagnostic criterion A2 has weak positive predictive value PPV with respect to PTSD diagnosis. Research suggests that indicators of peritraumatic autonomic activation may supplement the PPV of PTSD criterion A2. We describe the development and factor structure of the STRS Shortness of Breath Tremulousness Racing Heart and Sweating a one page two-minute checklist with a five-point Likert-type response format based on a previously unpublished scale. It is the first validated self-report measure of peritraumatic activation of the autonomic nervous system. Methods We .
