Standardization of the depression screener Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) in the general population

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 551-555

  Kocalevent, Rüya Daniela ^a   Hinz, Andreas ^b   Brähler, Elmar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Epidemiology; Factor structure; Normative data; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL COMPONENT SCALE; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PHYSICAL COMPONENT SCALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION WITH LIFE SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 12; STANDARDIZATION;

DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTOR STRUCTURE; NORMATIVE DATA; SCREENING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884157916     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2013.04.006     Document Type: Article

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