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Susan M Frayne - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Eric C. Meyer - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Examination of the World Health Organization Disability Assessment System as a Measure of Disability Severity Among Veterans Receiving Cognitive Processing Therapy
    Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2017
    Co-Authors: Jeremiah A. Schumm, Whitney L. Gore, Kathleen M Chard, Eric C. Meyer
    Abstract:

    Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) is effective for reducing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression among military Veterans. However, studies have not examined whether CPT is associated with reductions in disability severity. The current study examines the association between disability severity and PTSD and depression among U.S. Veterans who are receiving CPT. Veterans completed measures at pre- and posttreatment and received CPT through a Veterans Affairs PTSD outpatient (n = 155) or residential (n = 177) program. The World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS) 2.0 was used to assess disability severity. The WHODAS 2.0 scores were positively correlated with clinician- and veteran-rated PTSD and veteran-rated depression at pre- and posttreatment (r = .22 to. 60). Compared with outpatients, Veterans in residential treatment had worse scores on the WHODAS Mobility scale (ηp2 = .03), but on no other WHODAS 2.0 scales. Pre- to posttreatment reductions were found on all WHODAS 2.0 subscales (ηp2 = .03 to .15). Reductions in PTSD and depression were positively associated with improvements on the WHODAS 2.0 Summary scale and most subscales (r = .22 to. 52). Findings suggest that the WHODAS 2.0 is a promising disability severity measure for Veterans in PTSD treatment. Findings also suggest that CPT may help Veterans to achieve reductions in disability severity.

Stephen T Chermack - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • a factor analytic evaluation of the world health organization disability assessment schedule 2 0 among Veterans presenting to a generalist mental health clinic
    Psychiatry Research-neuroimaging, 2019
    Co-Authors: Minden B Sexton, Margaret T Davis, Rebecca Lusk, Mark Lyubkin, Stephen T Chermack
    Abstract:

    Abstract The shift from a multiaxial system of diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) brought forth the discontinuation of the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF). DSM-5 proposes the use of a more reliable method for assessing and describing disability, the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0). The WHODAS 2.0 is widely-used within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Veterans Benefits Administration to guide clinical decision making and assist in decisions pertaining to financial compensation. While the WHODAS 2.0 purports to be well-validated for adults cross-culturally in clinical and non-clinical samples, research is limited pertaining to the factor structure of the WHODAS 2.0 in non-compensation seeking U.S. Veteran populations. This study evaluated the factor structure of the WHODAS 2.0 in a sample of 464 Veterans receiving VA mental healthcare. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of the WHODAS 2.0 data were conducted. Analyses confirmed the hardiness of the WHODAS 2.0 for use with Veterans. However, exploratory analyses pointed to several items that may reduce the functioning of the questionnaire in clinical Veteran samples. Exploratory and confirmatory analyses indicated better model fit can be achieved.

Margaret T Davis - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • a factor analytic evaluation of the world health organization disability assessment schedule 2 0 among Veterans presenting to a generalist mental health clinic
    Psychiatry Research-neuroimaging, 2019
    Co-Authors: Minden B Sexton, Margaret T Davis, Rebecca Lusk, Mark Lyubkin, Stephen T Chermack
    Abstract:

    Abstract The shift from a multiaxial system of diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) brought forth the discontinuation of the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF). DSM-5 proposes the use of a more reliable method for assessing and describing disability, the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0). The WHODAS 2.0 is widely-used within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Veterans Benefits Administration to guide clinical decision making and assist in decisions pertaining to financial compensation. While the WHODAS 2.0 purports to be well-validated for adults cross-culturally in clinical and non-clinical samples, research is limited pertaining to the factor structure of the WHODAS 2.0 in non-compensation seeking U.S. Veteran populations. This study evaluated the factor structure of the WHODAS 2.0 in a sample of 464 Veterans receiving VA mental healthcare. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of the WHODAS 2.0 data were conducted. Analyses confirmed the hardiness of the WHODAS 2.0 for use with Veterans. However, exploratory analyses pointed to several items that may reduce the functioning of the questionnaire in clinical Veteran samples. Exploratory and confirmatory analyses indicated better model fit can be achieved.

Katherine M Skinner - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.