Reliability and validity of the PHQ-9 for screening late-life depression in Chinese primary care

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1127-1133

  Chen, Shulin ^a,b   Chiu, Helen ^c   Xu, Baihua ^a   Ma, Yan ^d   Jin, Tao ^d   Wu, Manhua ^b   Conwell, Yeates ^e  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Seventh Hospital of Hangzhou   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d Health Department of Shangcheng District   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

late life depression; PHQ 9; primary care; reliability; validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATE LIFE DEPRESSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VALIDITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHINA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78349279678     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2442     Document Type: Article

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