Psychometrics of the PHQ-9 as a measure of depressive symptoms in patients with heart failure

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 446-453

  Hammash, Muna H ^a   Hall, Lynne A ^a   Lennie, Terry A ^b   Heo, Seongkum ^c   Chung, Misook L ^b   Lee, Kyoung Suk ^b   Moser, Debra K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Patient Health Questionnaire 9; perceived control; reliability; validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROL ATTITUDE SCALE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; ITEM TOTAL CORRELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HEART FAILURE; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE-9; PERCEIVED CONTROL; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84884676801     PISSN: 14745151     EISSN: 18731953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1474515112468068     Document Type: Article

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