Differential Item Functioning of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 in Decompensated Cirrhosis
Equating for depression severity, we found differences in the symptom expression of depression for patients with DC relative to primary care patients. Our findings highlight the need for future clinical and basic research into the diagnostic performance of depression screening tests and the phenomenology of depression in patients with DC.
Authors
- Nneka N. Ufere (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8255-9374)
- Maria Orlando Edelen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1381-1465)
- Kurt Kroenke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0114-4669)
- Chengbo Zeng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3512-1115)
- Andrea L. Pusic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4352-9409)
- Daniel Shalev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-2255)
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Regenstrief Institute (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Weill Cornell Medicine (US)
- Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology
- Published
- 2025-08-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.14309/ctg.0000000000000906
- Primary Topic
- Health and Wellbeing Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00