The 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) is a widely used depression screening tool, but has limited accuracy when applied across various cultural contexts. We aimed to evaluate the performance of alternative PHQ-9 scoring algorithms in sub-Saharan African PLWH.#Five HIV programs in ...
RESEARCH ARTICLE PHQ-9 and PHQ-2 for Screening Depression in Chinese Rural Elderly Zi-wei Liu, Yu Yu, Mi Hu, Hui-ming Liu, Liang Zhou, Shui-yuan Xiao* Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Chang...
The original version of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) is recognized as a good screening tool for post-stroke depression. However, no validation studies have been undertaken for the use of the Thai PHQ-9 in screening for depression among Thai stroke patients. Methods The objectives...
self-administered screening and diagnostic tools for mental health disorders, which have been field-tested in office practice. The screeners are quick and user-friendly, improving the recognition rate of depression and anxiety and facilitating
A diagnostic meta-analysis of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) algorithm scoring method as a screen for depression Background The depression module of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) is a widely used depression screening instrument in nonpsychiatric settings... L Manea,S Gil...
To summarize the psychometric properties of the PHQ2 and PHQ9 as screening instruments for depression. We identified 17 validation studies conducted in pri
Validity of the patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9) as a screening tool for depression amongst Nigerian university students The common self-rated depression scales are lengthy, old and do not reflect the current diagnostic classifications criteria of depressive disorders. This s... AO Adewuya,BA ...
Levis B, Benedetti A, Thombs BD; DEPRESsion Screening Data (DEPRESSD) Collaboration. Accuracy of Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) for screening to detect major depression. BMJ. 2019;365:l1476. doi:10.1136/bmj.l1476PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 21. American Psychiatric Asso...
STABLE RESOURCE TOOLKIT The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) - Overview The PHQ-9 is a multipurpose instrument for screening, diagnosing, monitoring and measuring the severity of depression: n The PHQ-9 incorporates DSM-IV depression diagnostic criteria with other leading major depressive symptoms...
The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) is the most commonly used measure to screen for depression in primary care but there is still lack of clarity about its accuracy and optimal scoring method. To determine via meta-analysis the diagnostic accuracy of the PHQ-9-linear, PHQ-9-algorithm and ...