Bidimensional structure and measurement equivalence of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9: sex-sensitive assessment of depressive symptoms in three representative German cohort studies
Abstract Background The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) has been proposed as a reliable and valid screening instrument for depressive symptoms with one latent factor. However, studies explicitly testing alternative model structures found support for a two-dimensional structure reflecting a so...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-05-01
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Series: | BMC Psychiatry |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03234-x |