Galen eCalcs - Calculator: PHQ - 9 (Depression Screening)
Description
Patient Health Questionnaire (both version 2 and 9). This is used as a tool determine the severity of depression.
Functionality
The questionnaire will initially be in the PHQ-2 version. Should the user select an answer greater than zero, the questionnaire will switch to the PHQ-9 version.
Calculator Search/Filter Keywords
At the calculator level, eCalcs comes delivered with default keywords that can be leveraged in the "Search/Filter" field to enable Specialty or System driven calculator searching. The following calculator keywords are delivered by default for the PHQ-9 calculator:
Specialties
- Family Practice
- Internal Medicine
- Psychiatry
Systems
- Nervous
Calculator Inputs
There are no mapped inputs for this calculator
Calculator Outputs
Output | Mapping Type | Description |
---|---|---|
Score | Result | The PHQ scoring severity index |
Difficulty Level | Result | The difficulty level chosen for question 10 |
Severity Level | Result | The depression a level determined by the score |
Quality Measures
Measure Category | Measure Type | Measure |
---|---|---|
MIPS | PQRS | 134, 367, 370, 371, 411 |
MIPS | MU-eCQM | 418, 710, 711, 712-NQF |
MIPS | PCMH | 3C9 |
APM | CPCPlus | 418-NQF |
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Health_Questionnaire
http://www.depression-primarycare.org/clinicians/toolkits/materials/forms/phq9/questionnaire_sample/