Created on : 12.10.2026 Last modified : 12.10.2026

Youth Well-Being: Strengthening mental health and human capital in a social programme for vulnerable young people in Colombia

Colombia, 2025 - 2026

Reference ID

10.16909-dataset-67

DOI

https://doi.org/10.16909/dataset/67

Producer(s)

Mauricio Avendano, Martha Escobar Lux, Fabio Idrobo Bonilla, Armando N. Meier, Omar Y. Vargas Rodriguez

Collections

Department of epidemiology and health systems (DESS)

Metadata

DDI/XML JSON

PHQ-9 scale - Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless (phq9_2)

Data file: Individual-level surveys dataset

Overview

Valid: 43416

Invalid: 32580

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by any of the following problems?
Question 2. Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless

Value	Category	Cases
0	Not at all	13341	30.7%
1	Several days	20675	47.6%
2	More than half the days	6504	15%
3	Nearly everyday	2896	6.7%

Others

Notes

Topic: Standardised instrument : PHQ-9

Asked in survey wave(s): Baseline survey, Follow-up 1 survey, Follow-up 2 survey, Follow-up 3 survey

Reference/note: Original instrument: Kroenke K, Spitzer RL, Williams JBW (2001). The PHQ-9: validity of a brief depression severity measure. J Gen Intern Med 16(9):606–613. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1525-1497.2001.016009606.x

Spanish/Colombian translation and validation: Colombia (primary care): Cassiani-Miranda CA, Cuadros-Cruz AK, Torres-Pinzón H, et al. (2021). Validity of the PHQ-9 for depression screening in adult primary care users in Bucaramanga, Colombia. Rev Colomb Psiquiatr (Engl Ed) 50(1):11–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcp.2019.09.001
Colombia (university students, Rasch): Cassiani-Miranda CA, Scoppetta O, Barrios-Villadiego MA, et al. (2025). Construct validity of the PHQ-9 in university students in Colombia. Med Clín Soc 9(1):e521. https://doi.org/10.52379/mcs.v9.521

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