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. 2020 Oct 12;14(3):234–239. doi: 10.22074/ijfs.2020.44412

Table 2.

Item wording, descriptive statistics and internal consistency of the PHQ-4


Mean (SD) Corrected item total correlation Alpha if item deleted Cronbach’s Alpha

PHQ-2 items
1. Little interest or pleasure in doing things 1.19 (1.05) 0.576 0.794
2. Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless 1.22 (1.01) 0.687 0.741
GAD-2 items
3. Feeling nervous, anxious or on edge 1.27 (1.00) 0.674 0.748
4. Not being able to stop or control worrying 0.95 (1.01) 0.600 0.782
PHQ-2 total score 2.42 (1.86) 0.767
GAD-2 total score 2.22 (1.82) 0.780
PHQ-4 total score 4.63 (3.29) 0.814

SD; Standard deviation, PHQ-4; Patient Health Questionnaire-4, GAD-2; Generalized Anxiety Disorder-2, and PHQ-2; Patient Health Questionnaire-2.