Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9): Screening of Depressive Symptoms - Free Test Online

The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) is a brief self-report screening tool to identify depressive symptoms and estimate their severity. The PHQ-9 is widely used in because it is short, practical, and well validated.

Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9): Screening of Depressive Symptoms - Free Test Online

Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9): Screening of Depressive Symptoms

About this test

The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) was developed in 2001 by Kroenke, Spitzer, and Williams. It is a brief, 9-item self-report screening tool used to identify depressive symptoms and estimate their severity. The PHQ-9 is widely used in both clinical and general healthcare settings because it is short, practical, and well validated.

Instructions

Rate how often you have been bothered by each problem during the last 2 weeks, then tap Show my results to see your score.

0Not at all
1Several days
2More than half the days
3Nearly every day

References

Kroenke, K., Spitzer, R. L., & Williams, J. B. W. (2001). The PHQ-9: validity of a brief depression severity measure. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 16(9), 606–613. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11556941/

PHQ Screeners. Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), English form. https://www.phqscreeners.com/images/sites/g/files/g10060481/f/201412/PHQ-9_English.pdf

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) scoring card. https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/sDvjG49sFm7t3f3CnZUuFw

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