Utility of the brief Patient Health Questionnaire-2 and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-2 screeners for depression and generalized anxiety symptom identification in people with human immunodeficiency virus
In the context of HIV care provision in busy clinical settings, our findings indicate that implementation of the PHQ-2 (cut point ≥ 2 or ≥3) and GAD-2 (cut point ≥ 3) detect depression and anxiety symptoms. The implementation of these brief screeners in routine health care settings has the potential for simplified detection of people with HIV who would benefit most from further evaluation for MHD.
Authors
- Grace Yeeun Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7234-1870)
- Oluwaseun O Falade-Nwulia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2321-2295)
- Tracy Agee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9497-5778)
- Tarfa Verinumbe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1438-2698)
- J. M. Hsu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2371-9566)
- Sharon M. Kelly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3516-1387)
- Heidi E. Hutton
- Janelle Jones
- Maria C. Latimer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6040-3142)
Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- HIV Research & Clinical Practice
- Published
- 2026-01-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/25787489.2026.2616103
- Primary Topic
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00