Table 1.
Percentages of respondents giving affirmative responses to SSQ (boldface type indicates highest percentage for each statement)
| SSQ Scores | SAQ % | AASI % | IAQ % | ACASI % | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| total number of participants by method | 327 | 331 | 359 | 375 | |
| overall response rate. | 88.8 | 88.0 | 98.6 | 100.0 | =0.002 |
| At risk for common affective disorder (scored 8 or more affirmatively) | 52.3 | 48.6 | 41.5 | 63.5 | <0.001 |
| Severely at risk for common affective disorder (scored 11 or more affirmatively) | 19.6 | 23.6 | 14.2 | 36.8 | <0.001 |
| SSQ Statements | |||||
| There were times in which I was thinking deeply or thinking about many things (thinking too much). | 77.7 | 74.3 | 70.8 | 87.2 | <0.001 |
| I found myself sometimes failing to concentrate | 61.2 | 68.6 | 54.6 | 81.3 | <0.001 |
| I lost my temper or got annoyed over trivial matters | 54.1 | 56.5 | 59.9 | 73.6 | <0.001 |
| I had nightmares or bad dreams | 68.2 | 66.2 | 66.9 | 78.4 | <0.001 |
| I sometimes saw or heard things which others could not see or hear | 20.8 | 26.6 | 25.1 | 31.5 | 0.014 |
| My stomach was aching | 60.9 | 56.2 | 52.9 | 69.1 | <0.001 |
| I was frightened by trivial things | 44.0 | 38.1 | 35.9 | 52.0 | <0.001 |
| I sometimes failed to sleep or lost sleep | 50.8 | 51.4 | 41.8 | 59.7 | <0.001 |
| There were moments when I felt life was so tough that I cried or wanted to cry | 58.7 | 61.6 | 52.4 | 72.5 | <0.001 |
| I felt run down (tired) | 68.2 | 61.3 | 59.1 | 77.1 | <0.001 |
| At times I felt like committing suicide | 8.3 | 13.0 | 5.3 | 12.0 | 0.001 |
| I was generally unhappy with things that I would be doing each day | 48.3 | 44.1 | 43.7 | 57.3 | <0.001 |
| My work was lagging behind (impairment of functioning) | 40.4 | 47.4 | 42.3 | 53.6 | 0.002 |
| I felt I had problems in deciding what to do | 52.9 | 54.1 | 50.4 | 59.7 | 0.075 |