Validation of the Malay version brief Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) among adult attending family medicine clinics

International Medical Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 259-263

  N Azah, M N ^a   M Shah, M E ^a   Juwita, Shaaban ^a   S Bahri, I ^a   W M Rushidi, W M ^a   M Jamil, Y ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Depression; PHQ 9; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPOSITE INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 30044433535     PISSN: 13412051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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