Instructions to the child: The questions below ask about physical discomfort and health-related worries you may have experienced recently. Please read each statement carefully and choose the option that best describes how often you have been bothered by these experiences during the past 7 days.
Adapted from Physical Symptoms (PHQ-15) for research and evaluation purposes.
American Psychiatric Association. (2013). DSM-5 Level 2—Somatic symptom—Child age 11–17 (adapted from the Patient Health Questionnaire-15).
Kroenke, K., Spitzer, R. L., & Williams, J. B. W. (2002). The PHQ-15: Validity of a new measure for evaluating the severity of somatic symptoms. Psychosomatic Medicine, 64(2), 258–266.
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