Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)

Title

Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)

Category

Maternal Depression, Social Determinants of Health, Perinatal Depression, Adult Depression

Topics Covered

Depression, Maternal Depression

Validated

Yes

Validation Notes

Sensitivity = 88%, Specificity = 88%

Target Population

Parents, Caregivers

Parent Completion Time

5 min or less

Scoring Method

Risk Stratification

Scoring Time

3 min or less

Cost

Free

Literacy Level

Can be administered by a health care professional if caregiver has low literacy

Key Reference Link

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2906530/

Limitations

Focuses on the 9 diagnositic criteria cofr DSM-IV depressive disorders; omits symptoms not in the DSM-IV criteria

AAP Publication References

["Promoting Optimal Development: Screening for Behavioral and Emotional Problems (2015) http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2015/01/20/peds.2014-3716", "Perinatal Depression Screening Policy Statement https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/143/1/e20183259", "Perinatal Depression Screening Technical Report https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/143/1/e20183260"]

Number of Items

9

Language

English, African, Arabic, Assamese, Bengali, Bulgarian, Cebuano, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, HaitianCreole, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Lithuanian, Malay, Malayalam, Mandarin, Marathi, Norwegian, Oriya, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovakian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian

Additional Note

Appropriate use of the PHQ-2 is as the initial screen: The PHQ-2 must be followed by the PHQ-9 if it is positive.