Table 2. Description of demographics of the whole sample and the 3 groups: controls, moderate depression, and high depression groupsa.
| Characteristics | Whole sample (n=80, 2316) |
Cb (n=22, 610) |
MDc (n=16, 439) |
HDd (n=42, 1267) |
Statistic | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 20.12 (2.3) | 21.55 (2.79) | 19.81 (2.04) | 19.5 (1.77) | F2,77=6.77 | .002 |
| Gender (% male) | 27.5 | 27.3 | 31.2 | 26.2 | .971e | |
| Gender split (female/male/other) | 57/22/1 | 16/6/0 | 11/5/0 | 30/11/1 | ||
| Compliance, n (%) | 68.9 (16.43) | 66 (15.61) | 65.3 (18.21) | 71.8 (15.99) | F2,77=1.39 | .255 |
| Assessment delay (minutes) | 118 (41.05) | 120 (42.67) | 116 (40.83) | 118 (40.38) | F2,1559=0.68 | .508 |
| Assessment periodf | ||||||
| Holiday | 879 | 370 | 197 | 312 | χ22=238.01 | <.001 |
| Term time | 1437 | 240 | 242 | 955 | ||
| Ethnicity, n (%) | ||||||
| White | 63 (78.8) | 19 (86.3) | 13 (81.3) | 31 (73.8) | .816e | |
| Black | 4 (5) | 0 (0) | 1 (6.3) | 3 (7.1) | ||
| Asian | 9 (11) | 2 (9.1) | 1 (6.3) | 6 (14.3) | ||
| Mixed | 2 (2.5) | 0 (0) | 1 (6.3) | 1 (2.4) | ||
| Other | 2 (2.5) | 1 (4.5) | 0 (0) | 1 (2.4) | ||
| MFQg | 25.64 (13.1) | 8.86 (3.67) | 21 (3.04) | 36.2 (6.83) | F=185.34 (2,77) | <.001 |
| Medication for depression | 8/80 | 0 | 0 | 8 | N/Ah | N/A |
a
N=sample size, no of assessments. Values are mean (SD) unless stated otherwise. Holiday dates: <18 years = July 21 to September 6, 2022, and July 21 to September 26, 2022; >18 years = December 19, 2022, to January 3, 2023. Any other dates =Term time.
b
C: controls.
c
MD: moderate.
d
HD: high.
e
Fisher exact test (2-tailed).
f
Values are the number of assessments in holiday and term time.
g
MFQ: Mood and Feelings Questionnaire.
h
Not applicable.