Can clinicians use the PHQ-9 to assess depression in people with vision loss?

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-145

  Lamoureux, Ecosse L ^a,b,e,f   Tee, H Wen ^b   Pesudovs, Konrad ^c   Pallant, Julie F ^d   Keeffe, Jill E ^b,e,f   Rees, Gwen ^b,f  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^f ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Low vision; PHQ 9; Rasch analysis

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOM; DIFFERENTIAL ITEM FUNCTIONING; LINEAR INTERVALS; LOW VISION; PATIENT HEALTH; PHQ-9; RASCH ANALYSIS; RESIDUAL VALUE; STANDARD DEVIATION; VISION IMPAIRED; VISION IMPAIRMENTS; VISION LOSS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISABILITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL);

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; BLINDNESS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 67650283873     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318194eb47     Document Type: Conference Paper

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