Low mood and depression affects as many as 1 in 2 people with MS at some point in their illness. This is often treatable but can be missed during doctors’ appointments. PHQiMS is a study that tests whether a short questionnaire, PHQ-9, could help to measure and monitor mood in people with MS.
PHQiMS: measuring depression in multiple sclerosis
This study is testing whether a questionnaire called PHQ-9 can monitor low mood in people with MS.
Condition(s)
- Multiple sclerosis
Project type
- Understanding the condition
About the project
Funder(s)
The Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic
Publication(s)
The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) as a tool to screen for depression in people with multiple sclerosis: a cross-sectional validation study
Emily Beswick, Suzanne Quigley, Pamela Macdonald, Sarah Patrick, Shuna Colville, Siddharthan Chandran, Peter Connick
2022 Nov 28 in BMC Pyschology
Status
Completed
Contact
n/a (project completed)