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Abstract
A person may suffer debilitating anxiety and other physical and psychological symptoms without recognizing that they're a response to a traumatic event. And older adults in particular may be reluctant to admit to experiencing such symptoms. The Impact of Event Scale--Revised (IES-R) is an easy-to-administer questionnaire used to evaluate the degree of distress a patient feels in response to trauma. It provides a structured way for a patient to communicate distress when she or he may not have the words to do so. For a free online video showing nurses using the IES-R with an older patient, go to http://links.lww.com/A316.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18946269 DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000339101.39986.85
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Nurs ISSN: 0002-936X Impact factor: 2.220