Patient Health Questionnaire - 9

PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE-9
(PHQ-9)
Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered
by any of the following problems?
(Use “✔” to indicate your answer)

Not at all

Several
days

More
than half
the days

Nearly
every
day

1. Little interest or pleasure in doing things

0

1

2

3

2. Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless

0

1

2

3

3. Trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much

0

1

2

3

4. Feeling tired or having little energy

0

1

2

3

5. Poor appetite or overeating

0

1

2

3

6. Feeling bad about yourself — or that you are a failure or
have let yourself or your family down

0

1

2

3

7. Trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the
newspaper or watching television

0

1

2

3

8. Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have
noticed? Or the opposite — being so fidgety or restless
that you have been moving around a lot more than usual

0

1

2

3

9. Thoughts that you would be better off dead or of hurting
yourself in some way

0

1

2

3

FOR OFFICE CODING

0

+ ______ + ______ + ______
=Total Score: ______

If you checked off any problems, how difficult have these problems made it for you to do your
work, take care of things at home, or get along with other people?
Not difficult
at all

Somewhat
difficult

Very
difficult

Extremely
difficult

Developed by Drs. Robert L. Spitzer, Janet B.W. Williams, Kurt Kroenke and colleagues, with an educational grant from
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