Dimensional assessment of depressive severity in the elderly general population: Psychometric evaluation of the PHQ-9 using Rasch Analysis

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 148, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 323-330

  Forkmann, Thomas ^a   Gauggel, Siegfried ^a   Spangenberg, Lena ^b   Brähler, Elmar ^b   Glaesmer, Heide ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Differential item functioning; Elderly; General population; PHQ 9; Rasch Analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84877691185     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2012.12.019     Document Type: Article

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