Use of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) in Practice: Interactions between patients and physicians.
Qual Health Res
; 30(13): 2146-2159, 2020 11.
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| ID: mdl-32564676
ABSTRACT
We analyze the use of nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), an instrument that is widely used in diagnosing and determining the severity of depression. Using conversation analysis, we show how the doctor deploys the PHQ-9 in response to the patient's doubts about whether she is depressed. Rather than relaying the PHQ-9 verbatim, the doctor deviates from the wording so that the response options are selectively offered to upgrade the severity of the patient's symptoms. This works in favor of a positive diagnosis and is used to justify a treatment recommendation that the patient previously resisted. This contrasted with the rest of the data set, where diagnosis was either not delivered (as patients are presenting with ongoing problems) or delivered without using the PHQ-9. When clinician-administered, the PHQ-9 can be influenced by how response items are presented. This can lead to either downgrading or upgrading the severity of depression.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Médicos
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Cuestionario de Salud del Paciente
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
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Observational_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Qual Health Res
Asunto de la revista:
ENFERMAGEM
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PESQUISA EM SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Reino Unido