Comparison of Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and Hospital Anxiety and Depression – Depression subscale scores by administration mode: An individual participant data differential item functioning meta-analysis

DEPRESsion Screening Data (DEPRESSD) Collaboration, Daphna Harel*, Yin Wu, Brooke Levis, Suiqiong Fan, Ying Sun, Mingyao Xu, Danielle B. Rice, Jill Boruff, Sarah Markham, John P.A. Ioannidis, Yemisi Takwoingi, Scott B. Patten, Roy C. Ziegelstein, Pim Cuijpers, Simon Gilbody, Simone Vigod, Dickens Akena, Andrea Benedetti, Brett D. ThombsMarleine Azar, Parash Mani Bhandari, Matthew J. Chiovitti, Chen He, Mahrukh Imran, Ankur Krishnan, Zelalem Negeri, Dipika Neupane, Kira E. Riehm, Xin Wei Yan, Lorie A. Kloda, Melissa Henry, Zahinoor Ismail, Carmen G. Loiselle, Nicholas D. Mitchell, Samir Al-Adawi, Rubén Alvarado, Dagmar Amtmann, Bruce Arroll, Liat Ayalon, Hamid R. Baradaran, Jacqueline Barnes, Kevin R. Beck, Cheryl Tatano Beck, Charles N. Bernstein, Carola Bindt, Louise M. Howard, Crick Lund, Susan J. Pawlby, Kylee Trevillion, Kirsty Winkley

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Abstract

Administration mode of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) may influence responses. We assessed if Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale – Depression subscale (HADS-D) item responses and scores were associated with administration mode. We compared (1) self-administration versus interview-administration; within self-administration (2) research or medical setting versus private; and (3) pen-and-paper versus electronic; and within interview-administration (4) in-person versus phone. We analysed individual participant data meta-analysis datasets with item-level data for the PHQ-9 (N = 34,529), EPDS (N = 16,813), and HADS-D (N = 16,768). We used multiple indicator multiple cause models to assess differential item functioning (DIF) by administration mode. We found statistically significant DIF for most items on all measures due to large samples, but influence on total scores was negligible. In 10 comparisons conducted across the PHQ-9, EPDS, and HADS-D, Pearson's correlations and intraclass correlation coefficients between latent depression symptom scores from models that did or did not account for DIF were between 0.995 and 1.000. Total PHQ-9, EPDS, and HADS-D scores did not differ materially across administration modes. Researcher and clinicians who evaluate depression symptoms with these questionnaires can select administration methods based on patient preferences, feasibility, or cost.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)674-683
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Affective Disorders
Volume361
Early online date21 Jun 2024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Sept 2024

Keywords

  • Depression
  • EPDS
  • HADS
  • Mode of administration
  • PHQ-9

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