Somatic complaints in primary care: Further examining the validity of the patient health questionnaire (PHQ-15)

Psychosomatics

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 392-398

  Interian, Alejandro ^a   Allen, Lesley A ^a   Gara, Michael A ^a   Escobar, Javier I ^a   Díaz Martínez, Angélica M ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 15; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIABILITY; SOMATIZATION; VALIDITY; ANXIETY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 33749262292     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.47.5.392     Document Type: Article

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