SPRINT: a brief global assessment of post-traumatic stress disorder

This report describes the reliability, validity, treatment sensitivity, dia gnostic performance and normative values for the Short Post-Traumatic Stres s Disorder (PTSD) Rating Interview (SPRINT), a brief, global assessment for PTSD. The SPRINT was administered to subjects participating in a clinical trial of PTSD and in a population survey assessing PTSD prevalence. The 8-i tem SPRINT includes questions assessing the core symptoms of PTSD, as well as related aspects of somatic malaise, stress vulnerability and functional impairment. Validity was assessed against the MINI structured interview, th e Davidson Trauma Scale, Treatment Outcome for PTSD Scale, Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, Sheehan Stress Vulnerability Scale, Sheehan Disability Sc ale and Clinical Global Impressions of Severity and Improvement Scales. Goo d test-retest reliability, internal consistency, convergent and divergent v alidity were obtained. The SPRINT was responsive to symptom change over tim e and correlated with comparable PTSD symptom measures. In victims of traum a, a score of 14-17 was associated with 96% diagnostic accuracy, whereas in those with PTSD, highest efficiency corresponded to a range of 11-13. The SPRINT demonstrates solid psychometric properties and can serve as a reliab le, valid and homogeneous measure of PTSD illness severity and of global im provement. Int Clin Psychopharmacol 16:279-284 (C) 2001 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.