Prevalence of depressive symptoms as elicited by Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) among medical trainees in Oman

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 59-62

  Al Ghafri, Ghaniya ^a   Al Sinawi, Hamed ^a   Al Muniri, Abdullah ^a   Dorvlo, Atsu S S ^a   Al Farsi, Yahya M ^a,b   Armstrong, Kerry ^c   Al Adawi, Samir ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Medical trainees; Oman; Patient health questionnaire; PHQ 9; Residency; Socio demographic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALIDITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; OMAN; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDITY;

DEPRESSION; MEDICAL TRAINEES; OMAN; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; PHQ-9; RESIDENCY; SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; OMAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84896404109     PISSN: 18762018     EISSN: 18762026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2013.10.014     Document Type: Article

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