Description: The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 is an 9-item measure that assesses the severity of depressive symptoms.
Pediatric self-report ages: 8-17 years
Adult self-report ages: 18+ years
This measure meets the requirement for MIPS Quality Metric ID #134 Depression Screen.
Scoring: Higher score = greater severity of depressive symptoms
Each item is rated from 0 to 3.
Score ranges:
0-4: none
5-9: mild
10-14: moderate
15-19: moderately severe
20-27: severe