Table 3.
Mental health status by severity of depressive symptoms
| Characteristic | PHQ-9 depression score | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–4 | 5–9 | 10–14 | 15–27 | Missing | ||
| None/minimal | Mild | Moderate | Moderately severe/Severe | |||
| Difficulty with work, life, people due to depressive symptoms, % | ||||||
| Not at all | 48.0 | 56.5 | 37.6 | 22.3 | 2.8 | 43.4 |
| Somewhat | 9.5 | 39.6 | 42.1 | 22.2 | 1.4 | 16.5 |
| Very | 0.8 | 2.8 | 17.0 | 31.6 | 0.4 | 3.4 |
| Extreme | 0.2 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 23.2 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| Missing | 41.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 94.9 | 35.2 |
| Suicidal ideation, % | ||||||
| Not at all | 99.5 | 90.4 | 83.9 | 55.6 | 6.2 | 86.3 |
| Several days | 0.5 | 8.9 | 14.4 | 13.9 | 0.7 | 3.4 |
| More than half the days | 0 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 11.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| Nearly every day | 0 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 19.4 | 0 | 0.9 |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92.9 | 8.8 |
| # of days mental health not good during the past 30 days | ||||||
| Mean (s.e.) | 2.0 (0.2) | 6.9 (0.6) | 13.4 (1.3) | 19.5 (1.3) | 5.4 (1.4) | 4.6 (0.3) |
| Categories, % | ||||||
| < 15 days | 94.4 | 80.5 | 53.6 | 30.5 | 21.4 | 79.9 |
| > =15 and < =30 | 5.5 | 19.4 | 46.4 | 68.2 | 4.0 | 13.0 |
| Missing | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 74.6 | 7.2 |
| # of days physical health not good during the past 30 days | ||||||
| Mean (s.e.) | 3.9 (0.3) | 8.7 (0.8) | 16.1 (1.3) | 18.9 (1.3) | 6.3 (1.4) | 6.4 (0.3) |
| Categories, % | ||||||
| < 15 days | 89.0 | 73.9 | 46.8 | 36.6 | 20.8 | 75.1 |
| > =15 and < =30 | 10.8 | 26.1 | 53.2 | 62.9 | 5.4 | 17.8 |
| Missing | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 73.8 | 7.1 |
| # of days during the past 30 days, poor physical/mental health kept from doing usual activities, such as self-care, work, school or recreation | ||||||
| Mean (set 77, 99 = .) | 1.8 (0.2) | 5.2 (0.7) | 11.8 (1.4) | 15.4 (1.7) | 6.7 (1.8) | 3.9 (0.3) |
| Categories, % | ||||||
| < 15 days | 94.9 | 84.0 | 63.2 | 43.0 | 19.8 | 81.7 |
| > =15 and < =30 | 4.9 | 15.9 | 36.8 | 55.3 | 6.4 | 11.1 |
| Missing | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 73.8 | 7.2 |
| Seen mental health professional past 12 months, % | 9.1 | 7.4 | 12.6 | 14.0 | 8.4 | 9.2 |
| Antidepressants, % | 14.1 | 24.9 | 42.2 | 49.4 | 18.1 | 19.6 |
| SSRI, % | 8.9 | 15.6 | 24.2 | 31.5 | 11.2 | 12.2 |
| SSNRI, % | 2.1 | 2.8 | 10.7 | 9.0 | 4.7 | 3.3 |
| Duloxetine, % | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| TCA, % | 2.3 | 5.5 | 8.1 | 10.1 | 1.2 | 3.4 |
| Miscellaneous, % | 3.5 | 3.3 | 8.1 | 11.7 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| -OPD, % | 7.6 | 5.8 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 4.2 | 6.9 |
SSRI selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, SSNRI serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, TCA tricyclic antidepressants, Miscellaneous antidepressants include bupropion, vilazodone, maprotiline, mirtazapine, nefazodone and trazodone. -OPD: excluding antidepressants that are also approved for other psychiatric disorders: SSRIs escitalopram, fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, paroxetine, sertraline, and SSNRI venlafaxine