Comparison of the Patient Health Questionnaire and the Older Adult Health and Mood Questionnaire for self-reported depressive symptoms after spinal cord injury.

Although most people with spinal cord injury (SCI) are emotionally resilient, as a group they are at increased risk of major depressive disorder. Depression tends to be undertreated in people with SCI, perhaps because depression is mistakenly viewed as an expected reaction to severe disability or is confused with grief. Depression and grief are distinguishable, and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 is a reliable and valid screen for major depression in this population. Major depression can be treated with antidepressants, especially venlafaxine XR, and with psychotherapy, especially cognitive behavioral therapy, focused on helping the person resume activities that were previously enjoyable or meaningful. Structured exercise also may help relieve depressed mood.

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Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9: A Study of the Participants From the Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems

PM&R ◽

10.1016/j.pmrj.2011.03.003 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 3 (6) ◽

pp. 533-540 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

James S. Krause ◽

Lee L. Saunders ◽

Charles Bombardier ◽

Claire Kalpakjian

Keyword(s):

Spinal Cord ◽

Spinal Cord Injury ◽

Factor Analysis ◽

Model Systems ◽

Health Questionnaire ◽

Spinal Cord Injury Model ◽

Injury Model ◽

Cord Injury ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Patient Health

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Ecological momentary assessment of depressive symptoms using the mind.me application: Convergence with the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)

Journal of Psychiatric Research ◽

10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.01.012 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 135 ◽

pp. 311-317

Author(s):

Roger S. McIntyre ◽

Yena Lee ◽

Carola Rong ◽

Joshua D. Rosenblat ◽

Elisa Brietzke ◽

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Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Ecological Momentary Assessment ◽

Patient Health Questionnaire ◽

Health Questionnaire ◽

Patient Health ◽

Ecological Momentary ◽

Momentary Assessment ◽

Application Convergence

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Validation and calibration of the patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9) in Argentina

BMC Psychiatry ◽

10.1186/s12888-019-2262-9 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

María Urtasun ◽

Federico Manuel Daray ◽

Germán Leandro Teti ◽

Fernando Coppolillo ◽

Gabriela Herlax ◽

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Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Convergent Validity ◽

Patient Health Questionnaire ◽

Receiver Operating Curve ◽

Local Version ◽

Health Questionnaire ◽

Good Ability ◽

Patient Health ◽

Severity Of Depression ◽

Degrees Of Severity

Abstract Background The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) is a brief tool to assess the presence and severity of depressive symptoms. This study aimed to validate and calibrate the PHQ-9 to determine appropriate cut-off points for different degrees of severity of depression in Argentina. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study on an intentional sample of adult ambulatory care patients with different degrees of severity of depression. All patients who completed the PHQ-9 were further interviewed by a trained clinician with the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) and the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II). Reliability and validity tests, including receiver operating curve analysis, were performed. Results One hundred sixty-nine patients were recruited with a mean age of 47.4 years (SD = 14.8), of whom 102 were females (60.4%). The local PHQ-9 had high internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.87) and satisfactory convergent validity with the BDI-II scale [Pearson’s correlation = 0.88 (p < 0.01)]. For the diagnosis of Major Depressive Episode (MDE) according to the MINI, a PHQ-9 ≥ 8 was the optimal cut-off point found (sensitivity 88.2%, specificity 86.6%, PPV 90.91%). The local version of PHQ-9 showed good ability to discriminate among depression severity categories according to the BDI-II scale. The best cut off points were 6–8 for mild cases, 9–14 for moderate and 15 or more for severe depressive symptoms respectively. Conclusions The Argentine version of the PHQ-9 questionnaire has shown acceptable validity and reliability for both screening and severity assessment of depressive symptoms.

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