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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 26.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychosom Res. 2009 Nov 3;68(2):131–137. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.08.009
Women (n=5454;
57.2%) [n (%)]
Men (n=4088;
42.8%) [n (%)]
Pa
Do you think you have come to a dead end? 332 (6.3) 263 (6.6) .543
Do you feel that you want to give up? 396 (7.5) 222 (5.6) <.001
Do you sometimes wish you were dead? 419 (7.9) 237 (5.9) <.001
Do you feel altogether weak? 444 (8.4) 231 (5.8) <.001
Do you feel dejected? 679 (12.8) 295 (7.4) <.001
Do you feel fine (no)? 747 (14.1) 501 (12.6) .028
Do you, at the moment, feel that you do not have what it takes? 962 (18.2) 410 (10.3) <.001
Do you have feelings of hopelessness recently? 1147 (21.7) 565 (14.1) <.001
Do you sometimes feel that your body is like a battery running out? 1119 (62.6) 669 (16.8) <.001
Do you ever wake up with a feeling of exhaustion? 1235 (23.3) 568 (14.2) <.001
Do you lately have difficulty concentrating? 1081 (20.4) 718 (18.0) .003
Do you lately feel listless? 1311 (24.7) 798 (20.0) <.001
Do little things irritate you more than they used to? 1207 (22.8) 888 (22.2) .534
Do you sometimes just feel like crying? 1760 (33.2) 516 (12.9) <.001
Do you feel you have not accomplished much recently? 1383 (26.1) 794 (19.9) <.001
Do you sometimes have difficulty coping? 1952 (36.8) 988 (24.7) <.001
Do you often feel tired? 2483 (46.6) 1472 (36.7) <.001
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P-value from, chi-square test.