Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Item Pairing Predictiveness for Prescreening Depressive Symptomatology: Machine Learning Analysis

BackgroundAnhedonia and depressed mood are considered the cardinal symptoms of major depressive disorder. These are the first 2 items of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)–9 and comprise the ultrabrief PHQ-2 used for prescreening depressive symptomatology. The prescreenin...

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Main Authors: Darragh Glavin, Eoin Martino Grua, Carina Akemi Nakamura, Marcia Scazufca, Edinilza Ribeiro dos Santos, Gloria H Y Wong, William Hollingworth, Tim J Peters, Ricardo Araya, Pepijn Van de Ven
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JMIR Publications 2023-10-01
Series:JMIR Mental Health
Online Access:https://mental.jmir.org/2023/1/e48444