Screening for depressive disorders: Validation of the Patient Health Questionnaire for Adolescents (PHQ-A) in a population-based multi-ethnic Asian sample
The PHQ-A shows acceptable psychometric properties for screening for diagnosis of MDD, but not for PDD or AD, among English-speaking Asian adolescents. A cut-off score of ≥ 10 for MDD is recommended.
Authors
- Jou Yin Teoh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2424-2816)
- Cheong Sing Tian
- Dennis Mun Yen Kom
- Michelle Jing Si Wan
- Liang Shen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7976-668X)
- Natalie Yap (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7737-2086)
- Jia Ying Teng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0149-5239)
- Bibhas Chakraborty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7366-0478)
- Qai Ven Yap (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3215-1754)
- Leoniek Kroneman
- Ruochen Du (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0219-3016)
- Sharon C. Sung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3293-2112)
- Tze Pin Ng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9585-855X)
- Frank C. Verhulst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4871-2210)
- Daniel S S Fung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0718-9363)
- Say How Ong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7735-4566)
- Natalie Cheok Ling Lei
- Xueqing Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9604-2770)
- John Chee Meng Wong
- Nicholas En-Ping Sii
- Muhammad Nabil Syukri Bin Sachiman
- Victoria Hui Fen Fee
- Felicia Jia Ler Ang
Institutions
- Ministry of Education (SG)
- National University of Singapore (SG)
- Erasmus MC (NL)
- Duke-NUS Medical School (SG)
- Institute of Mental Health (SG)
- National University Hospital (SG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Psychiatry Research
- Published
- 2025-04-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2025.116487
- Primary Topic
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00