Table 5.
Prevalence of clinically significant depressive symptoms (CES-D ≥ 22) by classification of participants in terms of the number of stressful life events and total score on the LESS scale
| Life Events Scale for Students (LESS) (N = 1500) | Total | Classification of participants according to reported life events on LESS | Prevalence of Depressive symptoms (CES-D ≥ 22) | X 2 | DF | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
|
N |
% |
N |
% |
|
|
|
|
Number of events in LESS |
0 |
35 |
2.3 |
7 |
20.0 |
40.62 |
4 |
< 0.001 |
| 1-3 |
339 |
22.6 |
62 |
20.4 |
||||
| 4-7 |
753 |
50.4 |
176 |
25.8 |
||||
| 8-11 |
288 |
19.2 |
99 |
38.5 |
||||
| 12- 21 |
85 |
4.8 |
30 |
45.1 |
||||
|
Total Score in LESS |
0-49 |
88 |
5.9 |
15 |
17.0 |
70.63 |
4 |
< 0.001 |
| 50-149 |
314 |
21.0 |
54 |
17.2 |
||||
| 150-241 |
356 |
23.9 |
82 |
22.9 |
||||
| 242-350 |
357 |
23.7 |
104 |
29.3 |
||||
| 351-1100 | 385 | 25.5 | 164 | 42.8 | ||||