Table 3. Nine-Item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) Instruments Collected in DARTNet Practices
All DARTNet PatientsDepression CohortDepression Cohort + Fulfillment Data Available
PHQ-9s collected, n49001892309
Patients with at least one PHQ-9, n29691019259
PHQ-9s collected per patient, n
    Mean1.71.91.2
    Median1.01.01.0
    Range1–321–321–5
Age at time of first PHQ-9 (years)
    Mean49.151.153.2
    Median49.051.054.0
    Range1–8915–8916–89
    Age group
        Adolescent (13–18 years)76 (2.56)22 (2.16)8 (3.09)
        Adult (≥19 years)2768 (93.23)997 (97.84)251 (96.91)
    Female sex2005 (67.53)707 (69.38)186 (71.81)
PHQ-9 total score information
    Mean8.99.19.2
    Median8.08.08.0
    Range0–270–270–27
    Score ranges
        0–4 (no depression)1,448 (32.05)544 (30.49)67 (29.13)
        5–9 (minimal)1,215 (26.89)517 (28.98)63 (27.39)
        10–14 (mild)883 (19.54)349 (19.56)47 (20.43)
        15–19 (moderate)544 (12.04)202 (11.32)29 (12.61)
        20–7 (severe)428 (9.47)172 (9.64)24 (10.43)
PHQ-9 item 9 (suicidality) information
    Score
        Mean0.40.50.3
        Median0.00.00.0
        Range0–30–30–3
    Specific scores
        0 (no thoughts in past 2 weeks)2,807 (69.43)1,027 (63.71)243 (81.00)
        1 (thoughts on several days)913 (22.58)449 (27.85)32 (10.67)
        2 (thoughts on more than half the days)201 (4.97)92 (5.71)18 (6.00)
        3 (thoughts nearly every day)122 (3.02)44 (2.73)7 (2.33)
  • Data provided as n (%) unless otherwise indicated.

  • PHQ-9, 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire.