Detecting and monitoring depression with a two-item questionnaire (PHQ-2)

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-171

  Löwe, Bernd ^a,b   Kroenke, Kurt ^b   Gräfe, Kerstin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive disorders; Diagnosis; Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ 2); Questionnaires; Reproducibility of results; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 17044369113     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2004.09.006     Document Type: Article

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