The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) and GAD-7 offer clinicians concise, self-administered screening and diagnostic tools for mental health disorders
The structure of the PHQ-9 is notably concise, which allows for quick administration and scoring. Each item is rated on a four-point scale from “not at all” to “nearly every day,” making it possible for healthcare providers to quantify the severity of depression based on cumulative scor...
A diagnostic meta-analysis of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) algorithm scoring method as a screen for depression. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2015;37(1):67-75. doi:10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2014.09.009PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 11. Levis B, Benedetti A, Riehm KE, et...
The PHQ-9 is a clinically-validated screening tool that healthcare providers use to screen for depression, and also to diagnose and monitor the severity of the condition. The PHQ-9 is similar to the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), but where the EPDS is designed to screen pregnant...
The PHQ-9 is a nine-item scale which was used to assess depressive symptoms. Each item in PHQ-9 asked about the frequency of a depressive symptom experienced in the two weeks prior to survey administration. The score of each item ranges from 0 (never) to 3 (almost...
In conclusion, the PHQ-9 Depression Scale is a simple and effective tool for assessing an individual's depression symptoms. By understanding an individual's emotional state, it can provide reference for early intervention and treatment. However, the assessment results should be used as a reference...
29 In accordance with generally accepted scoring algorithms: 1: very much improved; or 2: much improved on the 7-point CGI improvement scale was defined as treatment response, whereas 3: minimally improved; 4: no change; 5: minimally worse; 6: much worse; or 7: very much worse on the ...
Applicability of the DEPS Depression Scale: Assessing format and individual items in subgroups of patients BACKGROUND: The role of questionnaires is important in improving the recognition of major depression. AIMS: Our aims were: 1) to compare the differences of... O Poutanen,AM Koivisto,RKR Sal...
Improving measurement properties of the Patient Health Questionnaire–9 with rating scale analysis. Objective: The goal of this study was to explore the psychometric properties of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9; R. L. Spitzer, K. Kroenke, & J. ... RT Williams,AW Heinemann,RK ...
The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) [1] and Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7) [2] are widely used self-report measures of major depressive disorder (MDD) and generalised anxiety disorder (GAD). They were designed to provide an assessment of depression and anxiety symptom severity...