Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) in the general population

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 539-544

  Wang, Wenzheng ^a   Bian, Qian ^a   Zhao, Yan ^a   Li, Xu ^a   Wang, Wenwen ^a   Du, Jiang ^a   Zhang, Guofang ^b   Zhou, Qing ^b   Zhao, Min ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b SHANGHAI MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Cut off; Depression; PHQ 9; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MINI INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; RANDOMIZATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SELF RATING DEPRESSION SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT FORM 36; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DEVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906080674     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2014.05.021     Document Type: Article

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