Depression screening using the PHQ-9 is most clinically useful when combined with coordinated follow-up, treatment monitoring, and an operational cut-off score range of 8 to 12.
See related research article by Manea and colleagues on page E1911 and at www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.1108292 Screening has a checkered legacy in health care. Too often, clinicians have been advised to screen for a variety of diseases or risk factors in advance of evidence that
Kurt Kroenke (Mon,) conducted a editorial in Depression. Depression screening (PHQ-9) was evaluated. Depression screening using the PHQ-9 is most clinically useful when combined with coordinated follow-up, treatment monitoring, and an operational cut-off score range of 8 to 12.