Screening for major depression in cancer outpatients : The diagnostic accuracy of the 9-item patient health questionnaire

Diagnostic accuracy, internal consistenc

Diagnostic accuracy, internal consistency, and convergent validity of the Greek version of the patient health questionnaire 9 in diagnosing depression in rheumatologic disorders

✍ Thomas Hyphantis; Konstantinos Kotsis; Paraskevi V. Voulgari; Niki Tsifetaki; Fr 📂 Article 📅 2011 🏛 Wiley (John Wiley & Sons) 🌐 English ⚖ 112 KB 👁 2 views

## Abstract ## Objective The Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ‐9) was developed to screen for depressive disorders in community, primary care, and medical settings. We aimed to estimate its diagnostic accuracy, internal consistency, reliability, and convergent validity in diagnosing major depres