Psychometric Properties of the Impact of Event Scale-Revised in Patients One Year After Burn Injury

• DOI: 10.1097/bcr.0b013e3181d0f523
• Publication Date: 2010-02-23T02:00:10Z
• Authors: Josefin Sveen; Lotti Orwelius; Bengt Gerdin; Fredrik Huss; Folke Sjöberg; Mimmie Willebrand
• Keywords: Adult; Aged, 80 and over; Male; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Sweden; Principal Component Analysis; Chi-Square Distribution; Adolescent; Psychometrics; Middle Aged; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Humans; Female; Translations; Burns; Aged

Burn injury can be a life-threatening and traumatic event. Despite considerable risk for psychological morbidity, few outcome measures have been evaluated. The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties Swedish version Impact Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) in patients 1 year after burn (N = 147). A principal component analysis performed, results supported three-factor structure IES-R. High internal consistency intelligible associations with concurrent symptoms known factors distress trauma indicate satisfactory properties. Thus, supports use IES-R as screening tool measuring burn.