Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) in the general population
Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) in the general population
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DOI:
10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2014.05.021
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发表时间:
2014-09-01
影响因子:
7
通讯作者:
Zhao, Min
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作者:
Wang, Wenzheng;Bian, Qian;Zhao, Min
Objective: Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses. The reliability and the validity of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)-9, a depression screening tool, have not been examined in the general population in China. Thus, this study evaluated the reliability and the validity of the Chinese version of the PHQ-9 in detecting major depression in residents of a Chinese community.Methods: A total of 1045 participants from a Shanghai community were enrolled in our study. Participants completed the Chinese versions of the PHQ-9, the Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS), the 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), and the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview. One hundred participants were randomly selected to complete the PHQ-9 again 2 weeks after the initial assessment. The reliability, the validity and the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve of the PHQ-9 were analyzed.Results: Cronbach's alpha for the internal consistency reliability of the Chinese version of the PHQ-9 was 0.86 for the entire scale. The correlation coefficient for the 2-week test-retest of the total score was 0.86. The PHQ9 scale correlated positively with the SDS (r=0.29, p