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	Somatic Symptom Scale-8 (SSS-8)	患者健康質問票-9 (PHQ-9)
分野	臨床心理学	臨床心理学
系統	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
提唱年	2014	2001
提唱者	Bernd Gierk	Kurt Kroenke
種類	Self-report questionnaire	Self-report questionnaire
原典	Gierk, B., Kohlmann, S., Kroenke, K., Spangenberg, L., Zhan, Y., Scherer, M., & Herzberg, P. Y. (2014). The Somatic Symptom Scale-8 (SSS-8): a brief measure of somatic symptom burden. JAMA Internal Medicine, 174(3), 399–407.	Kroenke, K., Spitzer, R. L., & Williams, J. B. (2001). The PHQ-9: validity of a brief depression severity measure. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 16(9), 606–613.
別名	SSS-8, Somatic Symptom Scale	PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire Depression Module
関連	3	5
概要	The Somatic Symptom Scale-8 is a brief eight-item self-report instrument designed by Bernd Gierk and colleagues to assess the severity and burden of somatic (bodily) symptoms. Published in JAMA Internal Medicine in 2014, the SSS-8 is derived from the longer Somatic Symptom Disorder-B Criteria Scale and serves as a rapid screening tool for somatic symptom disorder and medically unexplained symptoms. It is widely used in primary care, general medicine, and psychiatry to identify patients whose physical complaints may warrant psychological or behavioral intervention.	The PHQ-9 is a brief, nine-item self-report questionnaire developed by Kroenke, Spitzer, and Williams to screen for and measure the severity of depressive symptoms. Published in 2001 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, it has become one of the most widely used depression screening instruments globally. The scale maps directly to DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder, making it valuable in both clinical and research settings.