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. 2017 Aug 14;16:143. doi: 10.1186/s12939-017-0633-8

Table 2.

Proportions of self-reported anxious and depressive symptomsa

Symptoms n %
Feeling a profound sadness 1237 74.9
Thinking too much or having too many thoughts 1204 72.9
Being exhausted or lacking energy without any reason 1162 70.3
Being constantly worried 1109 67.1
Not being able to sleep at night (insomnia) 1076 65.1
Feeling hopeless or helpless 1003 60.7
Experiencing very fast or very strong heartbeats 900 54.5
Feeling stuck with an unsolvable problem 840 50.8
Experiencing dizziness or weakness 804 48.7
Having burning sensations in your body 763 46.2
Experiencing heart pain or a pressing sensation on your heart 721 43.6
Feeling you have worms crawling in your head 515 31.2
Feeling so nervous than nothing could calm you down 460 27.8
Lacking motivation to visit your relatives or be with them 399 24.2

aIn the past month