Table 2.

Proportion of Participants Reporting CES-D Items by Depression Status (n=610)

Scale item			Non-Depressed	Rank	MD	Rank	SD	Rank	χ2/t statistica	p
Item 1	Bothered by things that don’t usually bother me	% yes	14.29	5	67.57	9	64.71	9	χ2(1)=.201	.654
Item 2	Did not feel like eating; appetite poor	% yes	22.86	4	62.16	10	61.09	10	χ2(1)=.027	.869
Item 3	Felt I could not shake off the blues even with help	% yes	5.40	12	71.62	8	75.11	6	χ2(1)= .35	.552
Item 4	Felt I was just as good as other people	% no	4.76	14	17.57	20	18.10	20	χ2(1)=.011	.918
Item 5	Had trouble keeping my mind on what I was doing	% yes	12.70	6	79.73	4	70.59	8	χ2(1)= 2.344	.126
Item 6	Felt depressed	% yes	7.30	10	89.19	1	90.05	1	χ2(1)=.045	.833
Item 7	Felt everything I did was an effort	% yes	37.46	1	87.84	2	89.14	2	χ2(1)=.095	.758
Item 8	Felt hopeful about the future	% no	12.06	7	37.84	16	34.84	17	χ2(1)=.217	.641
Item 9	Thought my life had been a failure	% yes	1.59	19	41.89	14	40.72	15	χ2(1)=.031	.860
Item 10	Felt fearful	% yes	4.76	14	37.84	16	52.49	13	χ2(1)= 4.763	.029
Item 11	Sleep was restless	% yes	31.43	2	77.03	6	80.09	4	χ2(1)=.317	.573
Item 12	Was happy	% no	5.40	12	60.81	11	58.37	11	χ2(1)=.136	.712
Item 13	Seemed I talked less than usual	% yes	7.62	9	52.70	12	57.47	12	χ2(1)=.511	.475
Item 14	Felt lonely	% yes	11.75	8	79.73	4	78.28	5	χ2(1)=.069	.792
Item 15	People were unfriendly	% yes	3.49	17	20.27	19	20.81	19	χ2(1)=.010	.920
Item 16	Enjoyed life	% no	3.17	18	39.19	15	38.01	16	χ2(1)=.033	.857
Item 17	Had crying spells	% yes	3.81	16	52.70	12	49.32	14	χ2(1)=.254	.615
Item 18	Felt sad	% yes	7.30	10	83.78	3	86.88	3	χ2(1)=.444	.505
Item 19	Felt people disliked me	% yes	0.95	20	31.08	18	26.24	18	χ2(1)=.651	.420
Item 20	Could not get going	% yes	25.71	3	72.97	7	72.40	7	χ2(1)=.009	.924
Total	CES-D Score (0–20)	mean	2.22		11.58		11.61		t(93.8)=.07	.946

Note:

^aComparision between MD and SD groups