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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 16.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2010 Nov 1;126(6):1117–1123. doi: 10.1542/peds.2010-0852

Table 1.

Distribution of PHQ-9 Scores According to Depression Diagnostic Status based on the DISC-IV

Level of Depression
Severity, PHQ-9
Score
Major Depressive
Disorder Last
Month
(N=19)
Intermediate
Depression
(N=50)
No
Depressive
Disorder
(N=373)
Minimal, 0-4
(N = 186)
0 6.0% 49.1%
Mild, 5-10
(N = 144)
10.5% 40.0% 32.7%
Moderate, 11-14
(N = 65)
36.8% 38.0% 10.5%
Moderately Severe,
15-19
(N = 34)
31.6% 16.0% 5.4%
Severe, 20-27
(N = 13)
21.1% 0 2.4%