Psychometric property study of the posttraumatic stress disorder checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) in Chinese healthcare workers during the outbreak of corona virus disease 2019

lOur study confirmed the posttraumatic stress disorder checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) has good reliability and validity in frontline health workers during the outbreak of corona virus disease 2019.lThe Chinese version of PCL-5 can be used as a reliable screening tool to conduct psychological screening for Chinese healthcare workers during the outbreak of 2019-nCoV.lAlmost 60% of frontline healthcare workers met the criteria of provisional PTSD diagnosis in the outbreak of 2019-nCoV.