Table 2.
Prevalence of burden within psychological sub-scales by GSF or non-GSF criteria
|
Psychological symptoms |
GSF group |
Non-GSF group |
|
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Subscale and item |
Very Much |
Quite a bit |
A little bit |
Not at all |
Very Much |
Quite a bit |
A little bit |
Not at all |
Missing |
| n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | |
| Anxiety |
29 (16.1) |
49 (27.2) |
48 (26.7) |
54 (30) |
32 (10) |
54 (16.9) |
94 (29.5) |
139 (43.6) |
15 (2.9) |
| Low mood |
36 (19.9) |
43 (23.8) |
55 (30.4) |
47 (26) |
34 (10.7) |
50 (15.8) |
100 (31.5) |
133 (41.9) |
16 (3.1) |
| Confusion |
26 (14.4) |
12 (6.6) |
42 (23.2) |
101 (55.8) |
16 (5.1) |
19 (6.1) |
50 (16) |
228 (72.8) |
20 (3.9) |
| Unable to concentrate |
26 (14.4) |
28 (15.6) |
43 (23.9) |
83 (46.1) |
20 (6.3) |
36 (11.3) |
80 (25.2) |
182 (57.2) |
16 (3.1) |
| Loneliness |
27 (14.8) |
34 (18.7) |
44 (24.2) |
77 (42.3) |
28 (8.9) |
31 (9.9) |
43 (13.7) |
211 (67.4) |
19 (3.7) |
| Everything is an effort |
29 (16.3) |
46 (25.8) |
55 (30.9) |
48 (27) |
41 (13) |
46 (14.6) |
91 (28.8) |
138 (43.7) |
20 (3.9) |
| Life is not worth living |
16 (8.9) |
24 (13.4) |
33 (18.4) |
106 (59.2) |
18 (5.9) |
18 (5.9) |
33 (10.8) |
237 (77.5) |
29 (5.6) |
| Thoughts about ending it all |
8 (4.5) |
13 (7.3) |
17 (9.6) |
139 (78.5) |
14 (4.6) |
7 (2.3) |
18 (5.9) |
268 (87.3) |
30 (5.8) |
| Effects on your sexual life | 11 (7.6) | 11 (7.6) | 18 (12.4) | 105 (72.4) | 17 (6.3) | 13 (4.8) | 28 (10.3) | 213 (78.6) | 98 (19.1) |