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Standardization of the Korean Version of the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4).
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Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology [Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci] 2021 Feb 28; Vol. 19 (1), pp. 104-111. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Objective: The Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4) has been used for screening owing to ease of use and brevity. In this study, we developed the Korean version of the PHQ-4 and tested its validity.<br />Methods: One hundred sixteen new adult outpatients at the Department of Psychiatry of the Korea University Ansan Hospital participated in the study. We simultaneously administered other depression/anxiety scales: the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, the Hamilton Anxiety Scale, the Beck Depression Inventory, and the Beck Anxiety Inventory.<br />Results: The mean PHQ-4 score was 6.52 (standard deviation = 3.45). Cronbach's α was 0.792, and the intraclass correlation coefficient of test and 2-week interval retest was 0.827 ( p < 0.01). The Pearson correlation coefficients between the PHQ-4 total score and other depression/anxiety scales were all over 0.6. Confirmatory factorial analysis showed acceptable convergent validity and reliability but questionable discriminant validity for some model fit values.<br />Conclusion: The Korean version of the PHQ-4 has sufficient internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and construct validity, but its two-factor structure showed incompleteness. However, we suggest that it should be used as a brief screening measure for common psychiatric distress that warrants further detailed assessment, but not to separately assess the severity of depression and anxiety symptoms.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1738-1088
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 33508793
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.9758/cpn.2021.19.1.104