Patient Health Questionnaire - 15 ItemNCIt concept
Preferred Label : Patient Health Questionnaire - 15 Item;
NCIt synonyms : PHQ-15;
NCIt related terms : PHQ02;
NCIt definition : A standardized survey developed and published by Kurt Kroenke, Robert Spitzer and
Janet Williams in 2002 in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine which is used to assess
the severity of an individual's somatic symptoms. This self-administered instrument
contains 15 items pertaining to topics such as stomach pain, headaches, dizziness,
and trouble sleeping. Each item is rated on a scale of 0-2 with 0 being 'not bothered
at all' and 2 being 'bothered a lot.';
Alternative definition : CDISC: Patient Health Questionnaire - 15 (PHQ-15) (Kroenke K, Spitzer RL, Williams
JBW. The PHQ-15: Validity of a new measure for evaluating the severity of somatic
symptoms. Psychosom Med 2002; 64:258-266).;