BJPsych Open (2017) 3, 91–95. doi: 10.1192/bjpo.bp.116.003053
Primary care Screening Questionnaire for Depression: reliability and validity of a new four-item tool Pillaveetil Sathyadas Indu, Thekkethayyil Viswanathan Anilkumar, Ramdas Pisharody, Paul Swamidhas Sudhakar Russell, Damodaran Raju, P. Sankara Sarma, Saradamma Remadevi, K. R. Leela Itty Amma, A. Sheelamoni and Chittaranjan Andrade Background Unidentified depression in primary care is a public health concern, globally. There is a need for brief, valid and easily administered tools in primary care. Aims To estimate reliability and validity of the newly developed Primary care Screening Questionnaire for Depression (PSQ4D), a four-item tool, with ‘yes’ or ‘no’ options. Method PSQ4D was administered verbally (time required,
Primary care Screening Questionnaire for Depression: reliability and validity of a new four-item tool Pillaveetil Sathyadas Indu, Thekkethayyil Viswanathan Anilkumar, Ramdas Pisharody, Paul Swamidhas Sudhakar Russell, Damodaran Raju, P. Sankara Sarma, Saradamma Remadevi, K. R. Leela Itty Amma, A. Sheelamoni and Chittaranjan Andrade Background Unidentified depression in primary care is a public health concern, globally. There is a need for brief, valid and easily administered tools in primary care. Aims To estimate reliability and validity of the newly developed Primary care Screening Questionnaire for Depression (PSQ4D), a four-item tool, with ‘yes’ or ‘no’ options. Method PSQ4D was administered verbally (time required,
