Accuracy of Self-Reported Items for the Screening of Depression in the General Population

Accuracy of Self-Reported Items for the Screening of Depression in the General Population

Introduction: Though self-reported items (SRD, self-reported depression) are commonly used in health surveys and cohort studies, their metric properties as a depression indicator remain unclear. The aims were to evaluate the measurement properties of SRD using the Patient Health Questionnaire-8 (PHQ...

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Main Authors: Jorge Arias-de la Torre, Gemma Vilagut, Antoni Serrano-Blanco, Vicente Martín, Antonio José Molina, Jose M Valderas, Jordi Alonso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-10-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
depression
metric properties
sensitivity and specificity
health surveys
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/21/7955

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