A Validity Analysis of the Measurement of Depression and Anxiety in Employees
10.11783/j.issn.1002-3674.2024.03.005
- VernacularTitle:企业员工抑郁和焦虑测量与有效性分析
- Author:
Feixiang ZHOU
1
;
Jing LIU
;
Zemin LIU
Author Information
1. 中南大学湘雅公共卫生学院(410013)
- Keywords:
Item response theory;
Depression;
Anxiety;
Scale;
Differential item functioning
- From:
Chinese Journal of Health Statistics
2024;41(3):349-353
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To evaluate the validity of the Patient Health Questionnaire(PHQ-9)and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale(GAD-7)in measuring depression and anxiety among employees.Methods A stratified random sample of 1117 employees from various departments of an enterprise was included in the study.The item analysis was performed using the Grade Response Model in IRT to assess the dimensionality,discrimination,difficulty coefficient and average information of each item.The model fit and differential item functioning were also assessed.Results The study population consisted of 661(59.2%)employees under the age of 45 and 456(40.8%)employees aged 45 and above;802(71.8%)were male and 315(28.2%)were female.The Cronbach's α coefficients for the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 were 0.923 and 0.951,and the split-half reliability coefficients were 0.863 and 0.940.The ratio of the first characteristic root to the second characteristic root of both the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 scales was＞3,in line with the hypothesis of unidimensionality.The discrimination of the PHQ-9 items ranged from 2.362 to 3.618,the difficulty coefficient from-0.949 to 2.639,and the average information from 0.772 to 1.935.The discrimination of the GAD-7 items ranged from 3.631 to 5.580,the difficulty coefficient from-0.469 to 2.044,and the average information from 1.880 to 3.547.Differential item functioning indicated that age and gender did not influence the screening of the two scales.Conclusion The PHQ-9 and GAD-7 scales can be used as psychometric tools to assess depression and generalized anxiety disorder in corporate employees.
