Accuracy of Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) for screening to detect major depression: individual participant data meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the accuracy of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) for screening to detect major depression.

Design

Individual participant data meta-analysis.

Data sources

Medline, Medline In-Process and Other Non-Indexed Citations, PsycINFO, and Web of Science (January 2000-February 2015).

Inclusion criteria

Eligible studies compared PHQ-9 scores with major depression diagnoses from validated diagnostic interviews. Primary study data and study level data extracted from primary reports were synthesized. For PHQ-9 cut-off scores 5-15, bivariate random effects meta-analysis was used to estimate pooled sensitivity and specificity, separately, among studies that used semistructured diagnostic interviews, which are designed for administration by clini

SUBMITTER: Levis B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6454318 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature