title: Screening for major depressive disorders in adolescent psychiatric inpatients with the mood modules from the Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders and the Patient Health Questionnaire.
abstract: The mood modules from the Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders (PRIME-MD) and the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) were administered to 17 (52%) female and 16 (48%) male adolescent (13-17 years old) psychiatric inpatients. The internal consistencies of both were good (KR-20 for PRIME-MD=.80, Cronbach coefficient alpha for Patient Health Questionnaire=.85). The correlation between the PRIME-MD and Patient Health Questionnaire total scores was .87 (p<.001), and the point-biserial correlation of both questionnaires' total scores with being diagnosed with a Major Depressive Disorder was .54 (p<.001). Both mood modules appeared to be equally effective in screening for a Major Depressive Disorder.
authors.affiliation: School of Osteopathic Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Stratford 08084-1391, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Krefetz
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Steer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010343:Patient Admission; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results