Comparison of different scoring methods based on latent variable models of the PHQ-9: an individual participant data meta-analysis.

Felix H Fischer Brooke Levis Carl F FalkYing SunJohn P A Ioannidis Pim Cuijpers Ian Shrier Andrea Benedetti Brett D Thombsnull null

Published in: Psychological medicine (2021)

In a comprehensive dataset of diagnostic studies, scoring using complex latent variable models do not improve screening accuracy of the PHQ-9 meaningfully as compared to the simple sum score approach.

Keyphrases

systematic review
case control
meta analyses
electronic health record
big data
randomized controlled trial
machine learning
data analysis