Table 3. Thirty-day standardized comparisons of functional impairment by the WHO-DAS-2 among respondents with vs. without DSM-IV major depressive episode in the Iraqi general population.
| Past 30 days | Past 12 months | >12 months ago | No lifetime MDE | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHO-DAS-2 domains | n | Mean(SE) and 95% CI | n | Mean(SE) and 95% CI | n | Mean(SE) and 95% CI | n | Mean(SE) and 95% CI | F3,55 across 4 recency categories | Significance |
| Out of role | 83 | 44.2 (SE = 7.7) (1) | 104 | 42.2 (SE = 8.0) (1) | 154 | 23.4 (SE = 3.4) (1) | 3991 | 12.3 (SE = 0.6) | 25.6 | p < .001 |
| Self-care | 83 | 8.5 (SE = 3.0) (1) | 104 | 16.7 (SE = 5.8) (1) | 154 | 4.1 (SE = 2.2) | 3991 | 1.0 (SE = 0.1) | 3.9 | p = .013 |
| Mobility | 83 | 18.8 (SE = 4.3) (1) | 104 | 16.7 (SE = 5.1) (1) | 154 | 10.8 (SE = 1.6) (1) | 3991 | 3.0 (SE = 0.2) | 12.4 | p < .001 |
| Cognition | 83 | 9.7 (SE = 2.2) (1) | 104 | 7.5 (SE = 2.7) (1) | 154 | 4.2 (SE = 1.1) (1) | 3991 | 1.0 (SE = 0.1) | 16.5 | p < .001 |
| Social functioning | 83 | 8.6 (SE = 2.5) (1) | 104 | 10.1 (SE = 2.9) (1) | 154 | 3.9 (SE = 1.7) (1) | 3991 | 0.6 (SE = 0.1) | 6.7 | p < .001 |
| Total WHO-DAS-2 score | 83 | 18.0 (SE = 2.8) (1) | 104 | 18.6 (SE = 4.0) (1) | 154 | 9.3 (SE = 1.1) (1) | 3991 | 3.6 (SE = 0.2) | 26 | p < .001 |
Abbreviations: DSM-IV: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth edition; MDE = Major Depressive Episode; WHO-DAS-2, World Health Organization-Disability Assessment Schedule-2
(1) Significantly different from respondents with no lifetime MDE at the .05 level, 2-sided test