Bidimensional structure and measurement equivalence of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9: sex-sensitive assessment of depressive symptoms in three representative German cohort studies

Bidimensional structure and measurement equivalence of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9: sex-sensitive assessment of depressive symptoms in three representative German cohort studies

Abstract Background The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) has been proposed as a reliable and valid screening instrument for depressive symptoms with one latent factor. However, studies explicitly testing alternative model structures found support for a two-dimensional structure reflecting a so...

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Main Authors: Ana N. Tibubos, Daniëlle Otten, Daniela Zöller, Harald Binder, Philipp S. Wild, Toni Fleischer, Hamimatunnisa Johar, Seryan Atasoy, Lara Schulze, Karl-Heinz Ladwig, Georg Schomerus, Birgit Linkohr, Hans J. Grabe, Johannes Kruse, Carsten-Oliver Schmidt, Thomas Münzel, Jochem König, Elmar Brähler, Manfred E. Beutel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
Subjects:
Depression
Somatic dimension
Cognitive-affective dimension
Sex-differences
Regional differences
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03234-x

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03234-x

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