Table 2.
Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) item responses of women living in food-secure and food-insecure households, south central Ethiopia, 2014
| Food-secure women (n 591) | Food-insecure women (n 2500) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depressive symptoms (PHQ-9 scale item) | None (%) | Several days per week or more (%) | None (%) | Several days per week or more (%) | P value |
| Q1. Little interest or pleasure in doing things | 97·6 | 2·4 | 85·3 | 14·7 | <0·001 |
| Q2. Feeling down, depressed or hopeless | 95·4 | 4·6 | 86·7 | 13·3 | <0·001 |
| Q3. Trouble falling or staying asleep | 95·9 | 4·1 | 89·4 | 10·6 | <0·001 |
| Q4. Feeling tired or having little energy | 88·0 | 12·0 | 54·9 | 45·1 | <0·001 |
| Q5. Poor appetite or overeating | 96·1 | 3·9 | 87·7 | 12·3 | <0·001 |
| Q6. Feeling bad about self | 98·6 | 1·4 | 94·6 | 5·4 | 0·001 |
| Q7. Trouble concentrating | 98·3 | 1·7 | 85·3 | 14·7 | <0·001 |
| Q8. Moving or speaking slowly | 99·3 | 0·7 | 97·5 | 2·5 | <0·05 |
| Q9. Thoughts of being better off dead | 99·7 | 0·3 | 99·0 | 1·0 | 0·297 |