The score of 3 of PHQ-2 showed the highest Youden's index of 0.79, with both sensitivity and specificity were 0.90 and the AUC was 0.94 (95% CI: 0.90–0.97). Conclusions Both PHQ-9 and PHQ-2 are valid screening instruments for depression in the rural elderly in ...
We used the subtotal score of PHQ-9 items, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), and area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) for comparison with the clinical diagnosis of suicide ideation using 95% confidence intervals for ...
Total scores range from 0 to 6 and the recommended cut-off point for administering the full PHQ-9 or conducting a clinical interview to assess for MDD is a score of 3 or greater [35]. Symptoms of anxiety during the 2 weeks preceding the interview were assessed using the Spanish version...