Measurement Tools For Trauma

Question 1

What are the main domains and functioning that are assessed using the OQ-45 global outcome measure?

Answer 1

Main domains and functioning include.... 
symptom distress, 
interpersonal relationships, 
social role functioning, and 
quality of life. 

Additional features of the
OQ-45 include ease of administration (approximately 5 minutes) and the incorporation of
software—the OQ Analyst (http://www.oqmeasures.com/page.asp?PageId=62)—that scores the
measure, applies score-specific algorithms in a single second, and provides a summary report of
the information that requires only 20 seconds for clinician review. This report includes quick
reference of critical areas such as suicidal/angry ideation, a graph of ongoing progress in
treatment, and most importantly, alert signals for “off track” cases predicted to have a negative
outcome.

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Question 2

What are the main measures of the Trauma Symptom Inventory

TSI; Briere, 1995

Answer 2

TSI-2 is designed to evaluate posttraumatic stress and other psychological sequelae of traumatic events, including the effects of 
sexual and physical assault, 
intimate partner violence, 
combat, 
torture, 
motor vehicle accidents, 
mass casualty events, 
medical trauma, 
traumatic losses, and 
childhood abuse or neglect.

Features and benefits
Three scales (Insecure Attachment, Somatic Preoccupations, and Suicidality) and several subscales, as well as four summary factors (Self-Disturbance, Posttraumatic Stress, Externalization, and Somatization), are new or have been significantly reconfigured.New items assess clients’ tendencies to deny symptoms that are commonly endorsed, to overendorse unusual or bizarre symptoms, or to respond in a random manner; the instrument now addresses malingering.New standardization sample (N= 678) closely matches U.S. Census statistics.Test structureA 136-item carbonless form assesses a wide range of potentially complex symptomatology, ranging from PTSD, dissociation, and somatization to insecure attachment styles, impaired self-capacities, and dysfunctional behaviors.Eight critical items help identify issues that potentially represent severe psychological disturbance or danger to the respondent or others.The TSI-2-A is a 126-item alternate version that does not contain any sexual symptom items.Administration and scoring is available on PARiConnect, our online assessment platform.

https://www.parinc.com/Products/Pkey/464