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Published in final edited form as: Psychol Well Being. 2012 Aug;2(4):1–11. doi: 10.1186/2211-1522-2-4

Table 2.

Psychological distress and caregiver status by age and sex, Thai Cohort Study 2009

Kessler-6 psychological distress N = 60,569	Caregiver status (column %)
	Males			Females
	Non	Part-time	Full-time	Non	Part-time	Full-time

Kessler 6 items (reported 'all' or 'most of the time')
Worthless	1.1	1.2	1.7	1.7	1.8	2.5
Hopeless	1.3	1.6	1.9	2.0	2.4	3.5
So sad nothing can cheer up	1.2	1.2	2.1	1.8	2.5	3.4
Restless and fidgety	2.4	2.7	3.9	3.8	4.2	5.5
Nervous	4.2	4.5	6.3	6.7	7.7	9.4
Everything was an effort	26.9	31.8	38.3	22.4	25.3	29.4
Overall K-6 psychological distress (a maximum of 24)
High psychological distress (score ≥13)	4.2	4.8	6.2	5.7	7.3	8.5