Table 2. PHQ-9 Items and their responses (n=1036).

PHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire

Item	Not at all	Several days	More than half the days	Nearly every day
Little interest or pleasure in doing things?	407 (39.3%)	197 (19%)	343 (33.1%)	89 (8.6%)
Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless?	328 (31.7%)	200 (19.3%)	406 (39.2%)	102 (9.8%)
Trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much?	361 (34.8%)	195 (18.8%)	315 (30.4%)	165 (15.9%)
Feeling tired or having little energy?	260 (25.1%)	241 (23.3%)	387 (37.4%)	148 (14.3%)
Poor appetite or overeating?	360 (34.7%)	223 (21.5%)	319 (30.8%)	134 (12.9%)
Feeling bad about yourself - or that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down?	506 (48.8%)	158 (15.3%)	260 (25.1%)	112 (10.8%)
Trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching television?	439 (42.4%)	170 (16.4%)	324 (31.3%)	103 (9.9%)
Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed? Or the opposite - being so fidgety or restless that you have been moving around a lot more than usual?	544 (52.5%)	127 (12.3%)	294 (28.4%)	71 (6.9%)
Thoughts that you would be better off dead, or of hurting yourself in some way?	682 (65.8%)	113 (10.9%)	180 (17.4%)	61 (5.9%)