Patient Health Questionnaire-15.

PHQ-15

What it measures

Somatic symptom burden / somatization severity (15 common somatic complaints)

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)

Normative data

Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.

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.