Patient Health Questionnaire-15.
PHQ-15
Somatic symptom burden / somatization severity (15 common somatic complaints)
- Related construct
- Length and format
- 15 items. 3-point (0 not bothered - 2 bothered a lot), past 4 weeks; total 0-30 (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Many incl. ES, DE, ZH, RU, AR, PT, JA, KO; very broadly validated (PHQ family translations)
- Licence
- public-domain / open
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- Reference
- Kroenke, K., Spitzer, R.L., & Williams, J.B.W. (2002). The PHQ-15: validity of a new measure for evaluating the severity of somatic symptoms. Psychosomatic Medicine, 64(2), 258-266.
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