Q: Why is the PHQ-2 TO 9 important in nursing homes? A:The Patient Health Questionnaire-9, or PHQ-2 to 9, is a widely used screening tool for depression, and in the context of nursing homes and PDPM ...

November 1, 2010 — The Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9) has "high" sensitivity and "good" specificity for detecting major depression in adolescents in a primary care setting, new research, ...

A change coming to a key depression screening tool in the Minimum Data Set could affect how skilled nursing facilities assess residents for mood disorders and how they are reimbursed for related care.

Background: Telephone assessment of depression for research purposes is increasingly being used. The Patient Health Questionnaire 9-item depression module (PHQ-9) is a well-validated, brief, ...

Have you experienced any depressive symptoms over the past two weeks? Do you think you could be suffering from clinical depression? If so, you might want to consider filling out a brief Patient Health ...