Validation of the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 with Iranian students. Issue 10 (26th November 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dadfar, Mahboubeh; Salabifard, Sedigheh; Dadfar, Tayebeh; Roudbari, Masoud; Moneni Safarabad, Nahid
• Is Part Of: Mental health, religion & culture. Volume 22:Issue 10(2019)
• Page Start: 1048
• Page End: 1056
• Publication Date: 2019-11-26
• Subjects: Depression -- validation -- Patient Health Questionnaire-2 -- college students -- Iran; Mental health -- Religious aspects -- Periodicals; Religion and culture -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Religious aspects -- Periodicals; Mentally ill -- Pastoral counseling of -- Periodicals; 306.461
• DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2019.1699042
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1367-4676

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Depression is a serious public health problem in community settings and primary care. The Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) is a brief screen for depression. The PHQ-2 has not had its validity examined in academic settings in Iran. A cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate the reliability, validity, and factorial structure of the PHQ-2 in a convenience sample of 157 Iranian volunteer college students selected from the Iran University of Medical Sciences. Participants completed the PHQ-2, and the Loneliness Scale (LS). The mean score of the PHQ-2 was 2.26 ( SD = 1.64). The Cronbach's α coefficient was .74, indicating high internal consistency. The PHQ-2 correlated .68 with the LS, demonstrating good construct validity. The results of the factor analysis of the PHQ-2 identified one factor labeled: General depression (79.87% of the variance). The PHQ-2 has a unidimensional structure, acceptable validity and reliability, and it can be used in the non-clinical settings in Iran.