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August 1, 2025Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Identifying Core Symptoms of Depression for Hawaii Farmers: A Network Analysis for PHQ-9 Screening Tool

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MLMin LiuTLThao N. Le

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Network analysis identifies key symptoms in farmers with depression, suggesting improved screening approaches for underserved populations.

Key Points

  • The new PHQ-2 showed strong validity with an AUC of 0.883, demonstrating its effectiveness in screening for depression.
  • Network analysis revealed three key symptom clusters: Guilt-Mood-Anhedonia, Sleep-Fatigue-Appetite, and Suicide-Motor-Focus.
  • Data from 375 Hawaiian farmers were analyzed using Gaussian Graphical Models to explore depressive symptom relationships.
  • Findings support the use of the new PHQ-2 tool in addressing mental health needs in vulnerable farming communities.

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Liu et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af2b56cf1dd9ea359e438ehttps://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2025.a967369
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