Beminate Lemma Seifu, Getayeneh Antehunegn Tesema, Tsion Tebeje, Bruck Tesfaye Legesse, Tirualem Zeleke Yehuala, Abel Gebre Wuneh, Zinabu Bekele Tadese, Kusse Urmale Mare
Determinants of normal haemoglobin concentration among under-five children in Sub-Saharan Africa: a Positive deviance inquiry using cross-sectional study design
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depression one common devastating consequences among stroke survivors spite availability treatment depression non underdetection precludes patients benefiting study sought validate patient health questionnaire phq 9 tool detecting depression among patients stroke crosssectional design comprising adult patients diagnosed stroke attending neurology outpatient clinic university port harcourt teaching hospital employed study receiver operator characteristics roc curve validity tests performed using structured clinical interview diagnostic statistical manual mental disorders sciddsm iv gold standard optimal phq9 cutoff determined using youden index kappa statistics performed p005 study total 197 stroke cases phq9 sciddsm iv findings median age 54 years range 3576 years roc curve phq9 revealed area curve auc value 09395 ci 088 098 optimal cut value six obtained based youden index sensitivity specificity positive predictive negative predictive values optimal cutoff 887 931 825 957 respectively kappa statistics yielded 080 95 ci 068086 phq9 useful screening tool identifying depression among patients stroke optimal cutoff score six phq9 adopted patients stroke nigeria identify depression provision holistic care