Table 3.

Prevalence of different degrees of depression according to the BDI scores

Degree of depression	BDI complete (range 0–63)		BDI without somatic items (range 0–45)
	Range	Prevalence (%)	Range	Prevalence (%)
No depressive symptoms	BDI 0-8	19 %	BDI 0-5	30 %
Minimal depressive symptoms	BDI 9-13	24 %	BDI 6-9	29 %
Mild depressive symptoms	BDI 14-19	26 %	BDI 10-13	16 %
Moderate depressive symptoms	BDI 20-28	19 %	BDI 14-20	18 %
Severe depressive symptoms	BDI 29-63	12 %	BDI 21-45	7 %

BDI: Beck Depression Inventory