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. 2016 May 19;11(5):e0155357. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155357

Table 1. Depression and anxiety according to the extent of total noise annoyance.

No Slight Moderate Strong Extreme p-value
n = 3024 (20.7%) n = 3895 (26.6%) n = 3654 (25.0%) n = 2536 (17.3%) n = 1530 (10.5%)
M CI95% M CI95% M CI95% M CI95% M CI95%
Depression Score (PHQ- 9) 3.5 [3.4; 3.6] 3.7 [3.6; 3.8] 4.1 [4.0;4.2] 4.6 [4.4;4.7] 5.0 [4.8;5.2] <.00011)
Anxiety Score (GAD-2) 0.7 [0.7; 0.7] 0.8 [.8; .8] 0.9 [0.9; 0.9] 1.0 [0.9; 1.0] 1.1 [1.0;1 .2] <.00011)
% % % % %
Depression (PHQ- 9 ≥10) 6.1 5.8 7.2 9.6 12.0 <.00012)
Anxiety (GAD-2 ≥3) 4.5 5.4 6.5 8.0 10.0 <.00012)
Depression (medical diagnosis) 10.1 10.7 11.2 14.2 14.8 <.00012)
Anxiety (medical diagnosis) 6.3 6.0 7.2 8.3 9.9 <.00012)