The measurement invariance of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for American Indian adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

American Indian people have high suicide rates. However, little epidemiological data is available on depression prevalence, a suicide risk factor, in this population. Some research suggests that depression scales may perform differently for American Indian people. However, the Patient Health Questionnnaire-9 (PHQ-9), a depression scale widely-used in clinical practice, had not been assessed for cross-cultural measurement invariance with American Indian people.

Methods

In this retrospective study of existing electronic health record (EHR) data in an upper Midwestern healthcare system, we assessed the measurement invariance of the standard one-factor PHQ-9 and five previously identified two-factor models for 4443 American Indian and 4443 Caucasian American adults (a

SUBMITTER: Harry ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6690433 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature