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The Patient Health Questionnaire Somatic, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptom Scales: a systematic review.
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In this article, the psychometric and pragmatic characteristics of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)-9 depression, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)-7 anxiety and PHQ-15 somatic symptom scales are synthesized from two sources: (1) four multisite cross-sectional studies (three conducted in primary care and one in obstetric-gynecology practices) comprising 9740 patients, and (2) key studies from the literature that have studied these scales.About:
This article is published in General Hospital Psychiatry.The article was published on 2010-07-01. It has received 2765 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Somatic anxiety & Anxiety.read more
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CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain—United States, 2016
TL;DR: This guideline is intended to improve communication about benefits and risks of opioids for chronic pain, improve safety and effectiveness of pain treatment, and reduce risks associated with long-term opioid therapy.
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CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain - United States, 2016.
TL;DR: This guideline is intended to improve communication between clinicians and patients about the risks and benefits of opioid therapy for chronic pain, improve the safety and effectiveness of pain treatment, and reduce the risks associated with long-term opioid therapy, including opioid use disorder, overdose, and death.
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Optimal cut-off score for diagnosing depression with the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9): a meta-analysis
TL;DR: The PHQ-9 was found to have acceptable diagnostic properties for detecting major depressive disorder for cut-off scores between 8 and 11, and authors of future validation studies should consistently report the outcomes for different cut-offs.
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Screening for anxiety disorders with the GAD-7 and GAD-2: a systematic review and diagnostic metaanalysis☆
TL;DR: The GAD-7 had acceptable properties for identifying GAD at cutoff scores 7-10 and the GAD/GAD-2 had acceptable qualities for identifying generalized anxiety disorder at a cutoff score of 3.
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Intimate partner violence exposure and change in women's physical symptoms over time.
TL;DR: Women exposed to ongoing IPV report increased physical symptoms over time, and Clinicians should consider the possibility of IPV in patients who remain persistently symptomatic over time in addition to employing more traditional means of detecting IPV.
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Case-finding for depression among medical outpatients in the Veterans Health Administration.
TL;DR: VA's depression case-finding activities yielded relatively few positive cases, raising questions about cost-effectiveness and targeted strategies may increase the value of case- finding among patients at greatest risk for depression and at more academically affiliated medical centers.
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Lower decision threshold for doctor visits as a predictor of health care use in somatoform disorders and in the general population
TL;DR: Higher somatization, unemployment or retirement, a lower decision threshold for doctor visits and higher posttraumatic symptomatology were consistent and unique positive predictors of HCU in the prior 12 months.
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Accuracy of specific symptoms in the diagnosis of major depressive disorder in psychiatric out-patients: data from the MIDAS project.
TL;DR: The study supports the use of the questions endorsed by the two-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-2) with the additional consideration of the item diminished drive as a rule-in test and poor concentration as arule-out test.