Patient health questionnaire depression scale as a suicide screening instrument in depressed primary care patients: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to examine the sensitivity and specificity of the suicide item on the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) when compared to a structured interview (the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV; SCID-I mood module) in primary care patients with elevated depression symptoms. In this cross-sectional study, we analyzed data from 166 patients from 2 primary care clinics, 1 in Rhode Island and 1 in Massachusetts, who were enrolled in studies that focused on depression in primary care. Of the total participants, 101 were enrolled in the survey study, and 65 were screened for or enrolled in either an open trial or a pilot randomized controlled trial. Data were collected between May 2004 and May 2009. We found that the specificity of the PHQ-9 suicide screening item

SUBMITTER: Uebelacker LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3121214 | biostudies-literature | 2011

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature