The article discusses a reevaluation of the PHQ-9 cut-off score for detecting depression in the general population, proposing ≥8 as an alternative to ≥10 to balance sensitivity and specificity. Topics include the study's focus on the general population, the use o...
20-27:This is consideredsevere depression.This warrants treatment for depression using medication, therapy, or a combination of the two. What comes next? Although a PHQ-9 score can tip you off to the presence of depression, your healthcare provider will likely use additional criteria before maki...
Results The GAD -7 score of the patient′s anxiety was ( 8. 21 ±2. 55 ), the rate of anxie-ty was 70. 00% , the PHQ -9 score of depression was ( 9. 42 ±3. 21 ), and the rate of depression was 61. 66%. The patients′ age , liv-ing conditions , medical insurance ...
3. Manea, L., Gilbody, S., & McMillan, D. (2015). Optimal cut-off score for diagnosing depression with the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9): a meta-analysis. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 187(10), E320-E328. 4. Richardson, L. P., McCauley, E., Grossman, D. C., McCa...
Depression management in primary care: an observational study of management changes related to PHQ-9 score for depression monitoring BackgroundSince 2009 UK GPs have been incentivised to use depression severity scores to monitor patients' response to treatment after 5鈥 12 weeks of treatm... M Moo...
PHQ-9 was recommended by the Diagnostic and Statis- tical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM- 5). Response options on the items range from 'not at all' (0-point) to 'nearly every day' (3-point). The scale can not only screen for depression, but also show the sever- ...
This study was designed to examine those patients who were in clinical remission (defined as a Patient Health Questionnaire-9 [PHQ-9] score <5) at 6 months (180 days) after enrollment in collaborative care management. By determining the subsequent PHQ-9 data that were obtained, a PHQ-9 ...
Study of the discriminative validity of the PHQ-9 and PHQ-2 in a sample of Brazilian women in the context of primary health care. 10 proved to be the most adequate for the screening of depression, whereas the best cutoff score for the PHQ-2 was found to lie between 3 and 4. ... ...
The scores for each question are then summed up, resulting in a total score ranging from 0 to 27. The total score is used to evaluate the individual's emotional state: - 0-4 points: Normal emotional state - 5-9 points: Mild depression - 10-14 points: Moderate depression - 15-19 ...
Therefore, for both MDS measures, we investigated (1) the prevalence, (2) the percentages of overlap between these measures, and (3) the prevalence of single PHQ-9 depression symptoms and the mean and median PHQ-9 sum score. (4) Additionally, we examined the percentage of PHQ-MDS cases ...