Clinical Trial: Validity of the 3-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-3) for Identifying Moderate-to-Severe Depressive Symptoms Among Elderly Perioperative Patients: A Secondary Analysis of a National Prospective Cohort

U.S., Sept. 15 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07818057) titled 'Validity of the 3-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-3) for Identifying Moderate-to-Severe Depressive Symptoms Among Elderly Perioperative Patients: A Secondary Analysis of a National Prospective Cohort' on Sept. 09.

Brief Summary: This is a retrospective observational study based on our hospital's prospective peri-operative elderly patient database. We aim to evaluate the correlation between the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and the brief 3-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-3) for screening depressive symptoms among elderly surgical patients. Secondary outcomes include the associations of the two scales with...