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Patient Health Questionnaire-9: a clinimetric analysis [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
Objective: The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) is a widely used self-report measure of depression whose psychometric properties were found to be merely acceptable.
Fiammetta Cosci, Kaj Sparle Christensen, Sara Ceccatelli, Chiara Patierno, Danilo Carrozzino   +4 more
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Designing and validating a research questionnaire - Part 1

Perspectives in Clinical Research, 2023
Questionnaires are often used as part of research studies to collect data from participants. However, the information obtained through a questionnaire is dependent on how it has been designed, used, and validated. In this article, we look at the types of
Priya Ranganathan, Carlo Caduff
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Assessing burden and its determinants in caregivers of chronic kidney disease patients undergoing haemodialysis

Open Journal of Psychiatry and Allied Sciences, 2022
Background: Caregivers face a lot of adversities while supporting their near ones undergoing haemodialysis, and their burden is often ignored by health professionals. The paucity of research in the Indian context has kept their needs out of sight.
Shijo John Joseph, Samrat Singh Bhandari, Sanjiba Dutta, Dheeraj Khatri, Apoorva Upadhyay   +4 more
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Depression among rural stroke survivors: A cross-sectional study

Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2021
Background: Depression is a major neuropsychiatric complication of stroke. Poststroke depression (PSD) can lead to inadequate functional recovery, social withdrawal, poor quality of life, and suicidal ideations.
Soumya Sadanandan, Fatima DSilva, Vishnu Renjith   +2 more
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Prevalence of Depression Among Employees in the Public Administration, Private and Industrial Sectors

Acta Medica Bulgarica, 2023
Symptoms of depressive disorder have been found to be particularly common among employees in the private administration, public, and industrial sectors.
Stancheva-Pargov N., Stoyanova V.
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Determinants of depression among higher secondary students of private schools of science stream in an Urban Area of Western India

Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2023
Background: Depression, due to its devastating consequences, emerged as the third leading cause of mortality among adolescent school-going children. This necessitates research on determinants of depression among students for effective management.
Umed Patel, Dixit Chauhan, Mehul Patel, Kirtikumar Rahul, Virender Yadav   +4 more
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Prevalence and factors associated with depressive symptoms among medical students in their first and final year of study [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2023
Background/Aim. The mental health of medical students worsens during their studies, and research shows that medical students are at high risk of depression.
Čanković Sonja, Mijatović-Jovanović Vesna, Harhaji Sanja, Šušnjević Sonja, Ukropina Snežana, Kvrgić Svetlana, Čanković Dušan   +6 more
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Spa treatment for primary fibromyalgia syndrome: a combination of thalassotherapy, exercise and patient education improves symptoms and quality of life [PDF]

, 2005
Objectives: To study the effect of a combination of thalassotherapy, exercise and patient education in people with fibromyalgia. -\ud Methods: Patients with fibromyalgia, selected from a rheumatology out-patient department and from members of the Dutch ...
Bernelot Moens, H.J., Laar, M.A.F.J. van de, Rasker, J.J., Taal, E., Zakraoui, L., Zijlstra, T.R.   +5 more
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Assessment of mental health status using patient health questionnaire-9 in patients attending outpatient department at a block primary health center in Patna, Bihar

Indian Journal of Community and Family Medicine, 2020
Introduction: Identification of untreated depression could be a chance of opportunity in outdoor settings. Earlier findings show a high proportion of depression among patients visiting outdoor at the tertiary level of care. We want to estimate its burden
Pragya Kumar, Ditipriya Bhar, Geetika Singh, Shamshad Ahmad   +3 more
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Expert consensus on the development of a health-related questionnaire for the pediatric field of Korean medicine: a Delphi study

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 2020
Background Although a variety of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) for children have been developed, there is no pediatric PROM specific to Korean medicine (KM) that is validated by experts in the field.
Jihong Lee, Sun Haeng Lee, Gyu Tae Chang
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