Development and validation of the Maudsley Modified Patient Health Questionnaire (MM-PHQ-9).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) is a widely used measure of depression in primary care. It was, however, originally designed as a diagnostic screening tool, and not for measuring change in response to antidepressant treatment. Although the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomology (QIDS-SR-16) has been extensively validated for outcome measurement, it is poorly adopted in UK primary care, and, although free for clinicians, has licensing restrictions for healthcare organisation use.

Aims

We aimed to develop a modified version of the PHQ-9, the Maudsley Modified PHQ-9 (MM-PHQ-9), for tracking symptom changes in primary care. We tested the measure's validity, reliability and factor structure.

Method

A sample of 121 participants was recruited across

SUBMITTER: Harrison P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8281039 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature