Depressive and anxious symptoms in Spanish adolescentsnormative data for the PHQ-9 and GAD-7

  1. María Ángeles Casares
  2. Adriana Díez-Gómez
  3. Alicia Pérez-Albéniz
  4. Beatriz Lucas-Molina
  5. Eduardo Fonseca-Pedrero
Revista:
Clínica y salud: Investigación Empírica en Psicología

ISSN: 1130-5274

Año de publicación: 2024

Volumen: 35

Número: 2

Páginas: 77-83

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.5093/CLYSA2024A13 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: Clínica y salud: Investigación Empírica en Psicología

Resumen

ABSTRACT Background: The main objective of this study was to provide Spanish normative data for the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Assessment-7 (GAD-7) in a community-derived sample of adolescents. Method: A total of 2,235 adolescents (M = 14.68 years, SD = 1.76 years), selected through stratified cluster sampling, participated in the study. Results: Self-reported symptoms of depression and anxiety were common. Statistically significant differences were found when comparing the means scores of PHQ-9 and GAD-7 across sex and age. Percentile scores were computed for both total scores and were stratified by sex and age. Conclusions: Both the PHQ-9 and the GAD-7 are brief, simple, and useful measurement instruments with adequate psychometric properties for the assessment of self-reported depressive and anxious symptomatology among Spanish adolescents. A reliable and valid assessment of mental health is essential, as it allows for early detection and identification, which in turn can help in guiding psychological preventive interventions in a critical human developmental stage such as adolescence.

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