Adjustment disorder new module: the adaption and validation of a self-report questionnaire for the assessment of adjustment disorder
Date
2013
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Tartu Ülikool
Abstract
Currently, Adjustment Disorder is viewed in diagnostic manuals as an exclusion
diagnosis. There is evident need to better delineate between Adjustment Disorder and
other disorders commonly overlapping with this disorder. The aim of this study was
to validate the Estonian version of the ADNM (Adjustment Disorder New Module)
questionnaire (Maercker et al., 2007) assessing patients recently diagnosed with
Adjustment Disorder. In order to adapt and validate this questionnaire, a sample of
clinical patient group (n=46) was obtained and data was collected using a package of
self-report questionnaires (ADNM questionnaire, EST-Q-2; BDI; GHQ-26 and PCLC).
Logisical regression analysis was used to predict the odds ratios of the presence of
Adjustment Disorder and correlations between the ADNM questionnaire, other
measuring instuments and the psychiatric diagnoses. The results showed that the
subscale of the ADNM questionnaire which had been added Estonia-specific items
yielded significant correlations with the EST-Q-2 Fatigue and Depression category.
Based on the current sample, the overall validity of the questionnaire is poor – thus
giving evidence that the diagnosing criteria of Adjustment Disorder might be specific
to cultural backgounds.