Measurement of level of PTSD with the International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ): bias and precision when using full ordinal or dichotomized items

Tine Nielsen; Ask Elklit; Sabrina Brødsgaard Nielsen; Mikkel Auning-Hansen; Svend Kreiner; Maria Louison Vang

doi:10.1080/20008066.2025.2514873

Measurement of level of PTSD with the International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ): bias and precision when using full ordinal or dichotomized items

Tine Nielsen
, Ask Elklit
, Sabrina Brødsgaard Nielsen
, Mikkel Auning-Hansen
, Svend Kreiner
, Maria Louison Vang

Anvendt Forskning i Pædagogik og Samfund

University of Southern Denmark
Rehabilitation Center for Trauma Survivors
University of Copenhagen
Odense University Hospital

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Original language	English
Article number	2514873
Journal	European Journal of Psychotraumatology
Volume	16
Issue number	1
ISSN	2000-8198
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2025.2514873
Publication status	Published - 23 Jun 2025

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Measurement of level of PTSD with the International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ): bias and precision when using full ordinal or dichotomized items. / Nielsen, Tine; Elklit, Ask; Brødsgaard Nielsen, Sabrina et al.
In: European Journal of Psychotraumatology, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2514873, 23.06.2025.

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