Reliability and cross-country equivalence of the 8-item version of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-8) for the assessment of depression: results from 27 countries in EuropeResearch in context

• Main Authors: Jorge Arias de la Torre (Author), Gemma Vilagut (Author), Amy Ronaldson (Author), Jose M. Valderas (Author), Ioannis Bakolis (Author), Alex Dregan (Author), Antonio J. Molina (Author), Fernando Navarro-Mateu (Author), Katherine Pérez (Author), Xavier Bartoll-Roca (Author), Matilde Elices (Author), Víctor Pérez-Sola (Author), Antoni Serrano-Blanco (Author), Vicente Martín (Author), Jordi Alonso (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: The 8-item version of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-8) is one of the self-reported questionnaires most frequently used worldwide for the screening and severity assessment of depression. However, in some European countries its reliability is unknown, and it is unclear whe...