Somatic symptoms and health anxiety
Patient Health Questionnaire-15 (PHQ-15)
Symptom measurement requiring clinical interpretation
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| Field | Instrument context |
|---|---|
| Version | English physical symptoms form; Consortium 12 May 2013 |
| Population | Adults for whom all source items can be rated |
| Respondent | Self-report with clinician interpretation |
| Recall period | Last 4 weeks |
| Purpose | Symptom measurement requiring clinical interpretation |
Assessment tool
A total does not establish individual item responses.
During the last 4 weeks, how much have you have been bothered by any of the following problems? Please place a check mark in the box to indicate your answer. The source marks the menstrual symptom item women only. This implementation requires all 15 ratings and does not impute inapplicable responses. If an item cannot be answered, leave it blank and obtain clinician review; no total is produced.
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Interpretation & limitations
- Higher scores indicate greater reported somatic symptom burden.
- Symptoms require appropriate medical assessment. This score does not establish that symptoms are medically unexplained or diagnose somatic symptom disorder.
- All items are required; omitted or inapplicable responses are not zero.
- No automatic diagnosis, medication change or declaration of safety.
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