Table 2.
Descriptive analysis of the PHQ-9 scale items responses (n = 768).a
| Item | Not at all (=0) |
Several days (=1) | More than half of the days (=2) | Nearly every day (=3) | Statistics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | [Spanish translation] | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | M | SD | g1 | g2 |
| 1 | Little interest or pleasure in doing things [Poco interés o placer en hacer cosas] | 280 (36.5) | 312 (40.6) | 101 (13.2) | 75 (9.8) | 0.96 | 0.94 | 0.78 | −0.25 |
| 2 | Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless [Te has sentido decaído(a), deprimido(a) o sin esperanzas] | 364 (47.4) | 266 (34.6) | 83 (10.8) | 55 (7.2) | 0.78 | 0.91 | 1.03 | 0.24 |
| 3 | Trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much [Has tenido dificultad para quedarte o permanecer dormido(a), o has dormido demasiado] | 288 (37.5) | 261 (34.0) | 97 (12.6) | 122 (15.9) | 1.07 | 1.06 | 0.66 | −0.82 |
| 4 | Feeling tired or having little energy [Te has sentido cansado(a) o con poca energía] | 159 (20.7) | 374 (48.7) | 129 (16.8) | 106 (13.8) | 1.24 | 0.93 | 0.53 | −0.52 |
| 5 | Poor apetite or overeating [Sin apetito o has comido en exceso] | 334 (43.5) | 245 (31.9) | 100 (13.0) | 89 (11.6) | 0.93 | 1.01 | 0.82 | −0.48 |
| 6 | Feeling bad about yourself—or that you are a failure of have let yourself or your family down [Te has sentido mal contigo mismo(a)—o que eres un fracaso o que has quedado mal contigo mismo(a) o con tu familia] | 316 (41.1) | 254 (33.1) | 114 (14.8) | 84 (10.9) | 0.96 | 0.99 | 0.75 | −0.54 |
| 7 | Trouble concentrating on things, such as Reading the newspaper or watching television [Has tenido dificultad para concentrarte en ciertas actividades, tales como leer el periódico o ver la televisión] | 324 (42.2) | 287 (37.4) | 82 (10.7) | 75 (9.8) | 0.88 | 0.95 | 0.92 | −0.07 |
| 8 | Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed. Or the oposite—being so figety or restless that you have been moving around a lot more than usual [Te has movido o hablado tan lento que otras personas podrían haberlo notado. O lo contrario—muy inquieto(a) o agitado(a) que has estado moviéndote mucho más de lo normal] | 437 (56.9) | 220 (28.6) | 73 (9.5) | 38 (4.9) | 0.62 | 0.85 | 1.29 | 0.87 |
| 9 | Thoughts that you would be better off dead, or of hurting yourself [Has pensado que estarías mejor muerto(a) o has pensado en lastimarte de alguna manera] | 546 (71.1) | 147 (19.1) | 40 (5.2) | 35 (4.6) | 0.43 | 0.79 | 1.94 | 3.06 |
| PHQ-9 Total score | 7.87 | 6.24 | 0.93 | 0.12 | |||||
a
M = Mean; SD = Standard deviation; g1 = Asymmetry coefficient; g2 = Kurtosis coefficient.