Psychometric properties of the patient health questionnaire-15 (PHQ-15) for measuring the somatic symptoms of psychiatric outpatients

Psychosomatics

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 580-585

  Han, Changsu ^a   Pae, Chi Un ^b   Patkar, Ashwin A ^b   Masand, Prakash S ^b   Kim, Ki Woong ^b   Joe, Sook Haeng ^b   Jung, In Kwa ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 15; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOMETRY; SOMATIZATION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDITY;

EID: 73349084615     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.50.6.580     Document Type: Article

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