Treating RA results as the reference standard of a carefully supervised research administration of the PHQ-9, clinician administration had high specificity (90–99%) but low sensitivity (23–68%) for these indicators. Conclusions.: In routine care in LMICs, clinicians may administer valida...
Since the first two items of the PHQ-9 were extracted to comprise the PHQ-2, we only administered the PHQ-9 and did not administer PHQ-2 separately. After the respon- dents completed the survey, a quality control person checked all information from interviews to ensure...
The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) and GAD-7 offer clinicians concise, self-administered screening and diagnostic tools for mental health disorders
1 One strategy is to administer a brief screening tool followed by a longer tool for positive screens.2,3 The Patient Health Questionnaire–2 (PHQ-2),4 which consists of the first 2 items (depressed mood and anhedonia) of the Patient Health Questionnaire–9 (PHQ-9),5 has been recommended...
In the original study,5 the average amount of time spent by the physician to administer the clinician evaluation guide to patients who scored positively on the patient questionnaire was 8.4 minutes. However, this is still a considerable amount of time in the primary care setting, where most ...
As part of a quality improvement initiative, a group of 9 LCSWs were uniformly trained to administer the PHQ-8 and GAD-7, in addition to the DASS-21 which was standard as part of the protocolized comprehensive clinical interview. The order in which the three tools were utilized was neither...
Easy-to-administer and culturally- inclusive tools can allow for early screening for depressive symptoms in primary care clinics, especially in resource-limited settings. In this pre-registered pilot study (Stage 1 Report available at DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.840912), we produced...
In the original study,5 the average amount of time spent by the physician to administer the clinician evaluation guide to patients who scored positively on the patient questionnaire was 8.4 minutes. However, this is still a considerable amount of time in the primary care setting, where most ...
In the original study,5 the average amount of time spent by the physician to administer the clinician evaluation guide to patients who scored positively on the patient questionnaire was 8.4 minutes. However, this is still a considerable amount of time in the primary care setting, where most ...
In the original study,5 the average amount of time spent by the physician to administer the clinician evaluation guide to patients who scored positively on the patient questionnaire was 8.4 minutes. However, this is still a considerable amount of time in the primary care setting, where most ...