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## Abstract __Objective__: The PTSD Checklist‐Civilian version (PCL‐C) was used as a screening tool to assess the presence of PTSD symptoms. The aim of this study was to explore the factorial structure of the Spanish version of the PCL‐C and calculate the correlation of PTSD symptoms with distress and health‐related quality of life. __Method__: The sample included 494 cancer outpatients. In order to validate the PCL‐C, a principal component analysis was applied. The association between variable was measured by Pearson correlation. __Results__: Findings evidenced three symptoms clusters on the PCL‐C version, defined as Hyperarousal/Re‐experiencing, Numbing and Avoidance. About 10% of the total sample met clinical PTSD symptoms. In addition, PTSD symptoms were related negatively to health‐related quality of life and positively related with distress. __Conclusion__: The conceptualization of PTSD symptoms for cancer patients is supported by the specific symptom clusters identified on PCL‐C. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Author

Gema Costa‐Requena; Francisco Gil

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley; FASEB (ISSN 1057-9249)

Published

2010

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)