Importance Depression is a source of substantial burden for individuals and their families,
including women during the pregnant and postpartum period. Objective To systematically …

Background The prevalence of postpartum depression worldwide varies from 0.5% to 60.8%
in the first 12 months postpartum using self-reported questionnaire. This review aims to …

Background The depression module of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) is a
widely used depression screening instrument in nonpsychiatric settings. The PHQ-9 can be …

Background: The brief Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) is commonly used to screen for
depression with 10 often recommended as the cut-off score. We summarized the …

BACKGROUND: Depression, anxiety and somatization are the most common mental
disorders in primary care as well as medical specialty populations; each is present in at least …

Objectives Depression symptom questionnaires are not for diagnostic classification. Patient
Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) scores≥ 10 are nonetheless often used to estimate …

Abstract Objective The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) is a widely used screening tool
for major depressive disorder (MDD), although there is debate surrounding its diagnostic …

Com o objetivo de estudar a validade do Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) no rastreio
de episódio depressivo maior na população geral, conduziu-se um estudo de base …

Objetivo Avaliar a prevalência de depressão e os fatores associados em mulheres de 20 a
59 anos de áreas cobertas pela Estratégia de Saúde da Família de município da Zona da …

Background There is interest in the use of very brief instruments to identify depression
because of the advantages they offer in busy clinical settings. The PHQ-2, consisting of two …