Sensitivity and specificity of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9, PHQ-8, PHQ-2) and General Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7, GAD-2) for depression and anxiety diagnosis: a cross-sectional study in a Peruvian hospital population [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2023 Objectives The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) and Generalised Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD) are widely used screening tools, but their sensitivity and specificity in low-income and middle-income countries are lower than in high-income countries.
David Villarreal-Zegarra +5 more
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Validation of PHQ-2 and PHQ-9 to Screen for Major Depression in the Primary Care Population [PDF]
The Annals of Family Medicine, 2010 Although screening for unipolar depression is controversial, it is potentially an efficient way to find undetected cases and improve diagnostic acumen. Using a reference standard, we aimed to validate the 2- and 9-question Patient Health Questionnaires (PHQ-2 and PHQ-9) in primary care settings.
Bruce, Arroll +7 more
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Journaling Data for Daily PHQ-2 Depression Prediction and Forecasting
2022 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), 2022 Digital health applications are becoming increasingly important for assessing and monitoring the wellbeing of people suffering from mental health conditions like depression. A common target of said applications is to predict the results of self-assessed Patient-Health-Questionnaires (PHQ), indicating current symptom severity of depressive individuals ...
Alexander Kathan +11 more
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Depression screening in HIV-positive Tanzanian adults: comparing the PHQ-2, PHQ-9 and WHO-5 questionnaires [PDF]
Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 2018 Background.HIV-positive individuals are at significantly increased risk of depression. In low- and middle-income countries, depression is frequently under-detected, hampered by a lack of data regarding available screening tools.
C. P. Nolan +6 more
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Efficacy of PHQ-2 vs PHQ-9 Screener in Pediatric Visits [PDF]
Kans J MedINTRODUCTION: Rates of adolescent depression are increasing. As such, it is essential that clinics who provide care to pediatric populations utilize a depression screener. The University of Kansas Health System (TUKHS) recently standardized workflows utilizing the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) screeners within the electronic health record system ...
Murray M, Smith T, Woodward J, Brown A.
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BMC Psychiatry, 2020 Background Depression is one of the leading causes of disability in Mozambique; however, few patients with depression are identified in primary care. To our knowledge, there are no validated tools for depression screening in Mozambique.
Vasco F. J. Cumbe +7 more
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The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for detection of major depressive disorder in primary care: consequences of current thresholds in a crosssectional study [PDF]
BMC Family Practice, 2010 Background There is a need for brief instruments to ascertain the diagnosis of major depressive disorder. In this study, we present the reliability, construct validity and accuracy of the PHQ-9 and PHQ-2 to detect major depressive disorder in primary ...
van Wezep Manja J +6 more
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Psychometric properties and age- and gender-specific normative values of the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 among older adults aged 60 years and above [PDF]
BMC GeriatricsBackground Mental health problems in older adults are often underrecognized despite their substantial impact on health and well-being. Brief, valid screening tools with age-specific normative data are needed for this growing population.
Nikolay Dimitrov +5 more
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Case finding and screening clinical utility of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9 and PHQ-2) for depression in primary care: a diagnostic meta-analysis of 40 studies [PDF]
BJPsych Open, 2016 BackgroundThe 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.AimsTo determine via meta-analysis the diagnostic
Alex J. Mitchell +3 more
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The Arabic Version of the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2): Psychometric Evaluation Among Mothers of Children With Intellectual Disabilities. [PDF]
Nurs Res PractAim: Mothers of children with intellectual disabilities are particularly vulnerable to mental distress due to demanding and exhausting caregiving. However, in the Arab world, they are seldom screened for depression because of limited diagnostic resources.
Ali AM +10 more
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