Validación inicial de Patient Health Questionnaire 2-Item para detectar síntomas depresivos en diabéticos y/o hipertensos en la atención primaria de salud

• Pablo Martínez ^[1] ; Gonzalo Soto-Brandt ; Sebastián Brandt ; Viviana Guajardo ; Graciela Rojas ^[2]
  1. [1] Universidad de Santiago de Chile

     Universidad de Santiago de Chile

     Santiago, Chile

     
  2. [2] Universidad de Chile

     Universidad de Chile

     Santiago, Chile

     
• Localización: Revista Médica de Chile, ISSN-e 0034-9887, Vol. 148, Nº. 11, 2020, págs. 1614-1618
• Idioma: español
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Validation of patient health Questionnaire-2 to detect depressive symptoms in diabetic or hypertensive patients
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  • Background: Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) has nine questions and is used in diabetic or hypertensive patients to detect depressive symptoms. The PHQ-2 uses the first two questions of the PHQ-9 to rapidly detect those patients that should answer the whole questionnaire. Aim: To validate the PHQ-2 to detect depressive symptoms in diabetic or hypertensive patients consulting at Primary Health Care (PHC). Material and Methods: Secondary analysis of data obtained during the baseline assessment of a clinical trial. Diabetic and hypertensive patients aged 18 years or more, attending a public health care clinic of Metropolitan Santiago, were invited to participate. Those accepting, answered the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), consisting in nine questions about depressive symptoms. Demographics and health data were also collected. The PHQ-2 capacity to discriminate PHQ-9 scores equal or higher than 10 and 15 and the correlation between both versions, were assessed. Results: Ninety-four participants aged 64 ± years (73% women) answered the questionnaire. A cut-off score of 3 or more points in the PHQ-2 achieved the best tradeoff between sensitivity and specificity for discriminating PHQ-9 scores equal or higher than 10 (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) = 0.92, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] = 0.87 to 0.97) and 15 points (area under the ROC curve = 0.95, 95% CI = 0.92 to 0.99). Both versions had a high positive correlation (r = 0.87). Conclusions: The PHQ-2 allows a stepped, simple and accurate screening for depressive symptoms. Diabetic or hypertensive patients with 3 or more points should be immediately assessed with the remaining questions of the PHQ-9.