Comparison of the Factor Structure of the Patient Health Questionnaire for Somatic Symptoms (PHQ-15) in Germany, the Netherlands, and China. A Transcultural Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) Study

Comparison of the Factor Structure of the Patient Health Questionnaire for Somatic Symptoms (PHQ-15) in Germany, the Netherlands, and China. A Transcultural Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) Study

Background: Persistent somatic symptoms are associated with psychological distress, impaired function, and medical help-seeking behavior. The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)-15 is used as a screening instrument for somatization and as a monitoring instrument for somatic symptom severity. A bifact...

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Main Authors: Rainer Leonhart, Lars de Vroege, Lan Zhang, Yang Liu, Zaiquan Dong, Rainer Schaefert, Sandra Nolte, Felix Fischer, Kurt Fritzsche, Christina M. van der Feltz-Cornelis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
somatic symptoms
patient health questionnaire-15
factor structure
structural equation modeling (SEM)
transcultural
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00240/full

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