Background: This study aimed to examine the internal structure and assess the psychometric properties of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) in a Puerto Rican sample of workers. This instrument is a nine-item questionnaire, which was conceptualized as a unidimensio...
The Feasibility of Using the Spanish PHQ-9 to Screen for Depression in Primary Care in Honduras. BACKGROUND: The Patient Health Questionnaire depression module (PHQ-9) is a brief (10 items) screening and monitoring measure designed for use in primary care settings that operationalizes most of ...
The nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and the shorter PHQ-2 and PHQ-8 are commonly recommended for depression screening. Thus, the primary objectives of our IPD meta-analyses are to determine the diagnostic accuracy of the PHQ-9, PHQ-8, and PHQ-2 to detect MDD among ...
Cross-cultural validity of the Spanish version of PHQ-9 among pregnant Peruvian women: A Rasch item response theory analysis. J. Affect. Disord. 158, 148-153.Zhong Q, Gelaye B, Fann JR, Sanchez SE, Williams MA. Cross- cultural validity of the Spanish version of PHQ-9 among pregnant ...
BI and PHQ-9 were translated to Basque and back-translated to Spanish and English, respectively. Basque EQ-5D-5L was already available. The comprehensibility and feasibility of instruments were evaluated by cognitive debriefing interviews. Reliability (Cronbach's alpha), factor analysis, convergent ...
The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)-2 and the PHQ-9 have been widely used for screening and diagnosis of depression in primary care settings; however, the validity of their use in rural, Spanish-speaking populations is unknown.Journal of Clinical Psychology...
Background: The study aimed to explore the psychometric properties of two versions of the Patient Health Questionnaires (PHQ-9 and PHQ-2) on screening for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) among Spanish-speaking Latin American adult immigrants in Santiago, and to explore factors associated with a hi...