CROSS-NATIONAL MEASUREMENT INVARIANCE OF THE PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE-4 (PHQ-4) AS A SCREENING MEASURE FOR DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY SYMPTOMS IN 12 LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES

• DOI: 10.37708/psyct.v17i2.931
• Publication Date: 2024-11-09T10:24:17Z
• Authors: Tomás Caycho-Rodr...; Lindsey W. Vilca; José Ventura-León; Pablo D. Valencia; Carlos Carbajal-León; Mario Reyes-Bossio; Mariel Delgado-Ca...; Daniel E. Yupanqu...; Claudio Rojas-Jara; Miguel Gallegos; Mauricio Cervigni; Pablo Martino; Roberto Polanco-C...; Diego Alejandro P...; Rodrigo Moreta-He...; Antonio Samaniego...; Marlon Elías Lobo...; Andrés Buschiazzo...; Diana Ximena Puer...; Ibraín Enrique Co...; Raymundo Calderón; Olimpia Petzold; Andrés Camargo; Julio Torales; Daniela Ferrufino...; Agueda Muñoz-del-...; Jorge Palacios; Marion K. Schulmeyer; Cirilo H. Garcia-...; María José Baeza-...; Camila Salazar-Fe...; Nicol A. Barria-A...; Jesús Ayala-Colqui
• Keywords: Depression; Patient Health Questionnaire; Measurement Invariance

The Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4) is a widely used instrument to measure symptoms of depression and anxiety in general, but not much known about its cross-cultural utility Latin America. present study evaluated the measurement invariance PHQ-4 adult samples (N = 5441) from 12 American countries (Paraguay, El Salvador, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, Uruguay, Peru, Mexico, Cuba, Guatemala, Argentina, Bolivia). two-factor structure presented superior fit one-factor structure. This provides evidence support two-dimensional model anxious depressive symptomatology PHQ-4, with good estimate reliability. configural, metric, scalar strict was supported, suggesting that participants all attribute same meaning latent constructs their scores can be compared. Additionally, provided for hypothesis presence significantly predicts subjective well-being. However, fails predict It concluded largely comparable large sample countries.