Poor performance of PHQ-9 and GAD-7 in screening clinical depression and anxiety among a large sample of Chinese children and adolescents
Both the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 showed poor performance in screening clinical depression and anxiety in our study sample. This crucial finding suggests that, despite the wide use of the two scales, they might be fundamentally inadequate for depression and anxiety screening in Chinese children and adolescents. Other screening tools of higher accuracy should be developed and used in this age group.
Authors
- Yuanyuan Xiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2441-7209)
- Sifan Wang
- Shuqing Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9412-3436)
- Yandie He
- Yi Xiang
- Guiqing Zheng
- Jin Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5964-9272)
- Xiang Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8148-4155)
- Xinyi Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7830-2612)
Institutions
- Kunming Medical University (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University (CN)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-03-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-025-06754-y
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.23
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China