Table 3.
κ Coefficient for Each PHQ-9 Item by Groups Formed According to Administration Procedure Order and Administration Procedure
| PHQ-9 Items | ST (n=118) | TS (n=113) | ST+TS (n=231) | TT (n=58) | SS (n=57) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHQ1 (Little interest or pleasure in doing things) | 0.71 | 0.48 | 0.60 | 0.83 | 0.70 |
| PHQ2 (Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless) | 0.78 | 0.68 | 0.73 | 0.78 | 0.83 |
| PHQ3 (Trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much) | 0.69 | 0.74 | 0.72 | 0.89 | 0.61 |
| PHQ4 (Feeling tired or having little energy) | 0.64 | 0.68 | 0.66 | 0.70 | 0.59 |
| PHQ5 (Poor appetite or overeating) | 0.60 | 0.58 | 0.59 | 0.73 | 0.74 |
| PHQ6 (Feeling bad about yourself, or that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down) | 0.69 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.68 | 0.67 |
| PHQ7 (Trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching television) | 0.63 | 0.56 | 0.60 | 0.80 | 0.79 |
| PHQ8 (Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed, or the opposite, being so fidgety or restless that you have been moving around a lot more than usual) | 0.63 | 0.52 | 0.58 | 0.72 | 0.63* |
| PHQ9 (Thoughts that you would be better off dead or hurting yourself in some way) | 0.68 | 0.77 | 0.72 | 0.77* | 0.57* |
ST, self-administered/telephone-administered; TS, telephone-administered/self-administered; ST+TS, sum of the ST and TS groups; TT, telephone-administered/telephone-administered; SS, self-administered/self-administered; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire-9. Weights used for the κ analysis were: 1.0; 0.66; 0.33; and 0.0.
Except for these items, where weights were: 1.0; 0.50, and 0.0.