Validation of a Swahili version of the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) among adults living with HIV compared to a community sample from Kilifi, Kenya

Validation of a Swahili version of the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) among adults living with HIV compared to a community sample from Kilifi, Kenya

Background: Depression remains under-investigated in people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa due to paucity of adequately validated measures. This study aimed to validate an adapted version of the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) among adults living with HIV compared to those from th...

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Main Authors: Paul Mwangi, Moses K. Nyongesa, Hans M. Koot, Pim Cuijpers, Charles R.J.C. Newton, Amina Abubakar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Journal of Affective Disorders Reports
Subjects:
Psychometric properties
Factor analysis
Depressive symptoms
HIV infections
Adults
Kenya
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666915320300135

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