Validation of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) in human medicine interns at a reference university in Peru during the COVID-19 pandemic: Validación del cuestionario sobre la salud del paciente–9 (PHQ-9) en internos de medicina humana de una universidad de referencia del Perú durante la pandemia COVID-19

• Autores: Cehua Alvarez, Efraín A., Virú-Flores, Horus, Alburqueque-Melgarejo, Joseph, Roque-Quezada, Juan C., Guerra Valencia, Jamee, Gonzales Matta, Geremi A., Gonzales Menéndez, Magdiel José M., Laván Quiroz, David A.
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2022
• Institución: Universidad Ricardo Palma
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Ricardo Palma
• Lenguaje: español; inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:oai.revistas.urp.edu.pe:article/3179
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.urp.edu.pe/index.php/RFMH/article/view/3179
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Validation study; Students; Medical; Depression; Factor analysis; Statistical; Estudio de validación; Estudiantes de medicina; Depresión; Análisis factorial

Objectives: Validate a questionnaire to establish the perception of difficulties in the development of research projects in the students of the research area of ​​the Faculty of Human Medicine of the Peruvian University Los Andes. Methods: Validation study of a questionnaire designed and based on a Likert scale applied to the students of the subjects of Research process, Thesis seminar I and Thesis seminar II with stratified random probability sampling, content validity analysis and construct by expert judgment and statistical analysis of reliability with Cronbach's alpha. Results: The sample consisted of 85 students who agreed to be part of the study, of which 64,70% belonged to the female gender with an average age of 23 ± 5 years, subject of thesis seminar I 36,47%, Process research 34,12%, thesis seminar II 29,41%; 64,71% expressed difficulties in preparing the research project in formulating the theoretical framework and methodology, 62,35% in writing the bibliography and annexes, 61,18% in posing the problem and formulating hypotheses, in definition of the title 58,82% and in preparation of the administration of the project plan 47,06%. Cronbach's alpha reliability was 0,969. Conclusions: The questionnaire is reliable and valid, it has high internal consistency and valid criteria.