Differential item functioning of the HADS and PHQ-9: An investigation of age, gender and educational background in a clinical UK primary care sample

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 147, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 262-268

  Cameron, Isobel M ^a   Crawford, John R ^a   Lawton, Kenneth ^b   Reid, Ian C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Bias; Depression; Differential item functioning; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANHEDONIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84875366830     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2012.11.015     Document Type: Article

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