%0 Journal Article %T Validaci¨®n y utilidad de la encuesta PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire) en el diagn¨®stico de depresi¨®n en pacientes usuarios de atenci¨®n primaria en Chile %A Baader M %A Tomas %A Molina F %A Jos¨¦ Luis %A Venezian B %A Silvia %A Rojas C %A Carmen %A Far¨ªas S %A Renata %A Fierro-Freixenet %A Carlos %A Backenstrass %A Mathias %A Mundt %A Christoph %J Revista chilena de neuro-psiquiatr¨ªa %D 2012 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0717-92272012000100002 %X background: depressive disorders (td) is a set of prevalent diseases that require proper diagnosis and treatment. in chile, the instruments of evaluation and diagnosis are scarce. as a way to address this difficulty, the objective of this study was to validate the spanish version of the self-reported patient health questionarie (phq-9), the consulting population in primary care in chile. the phq-9 to detect depressive symptoms as mild, moderate or severe, and has proven to be an efficient diagnostic tool. methods: 1327 patients evaluated in june 2005 from five urban general practices of the commune of valdivia answered individually the phq-9. a subsample was compared with the hamilton scale for depression, icd-10 criteria for depression and xx version of the phq-9. results: the phq-9 demonstrated a sensitivity of 92% and 89% specificity in detecting depressive patients, when compared to the hamilton-d scale. it presents a construct validity and predictive validity concurrent with the icd-10 criteria for depression. conclusions: the phq-9 showed a psychometric allowing clinical use in primary care patients in chile. %K depression %K phq-9 questionnarie %K validity in primary care. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0717-92272012000100002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en