Table 7.

Percentages of the sample endorsing items of the HSCL

Item no	Item Name	Not at all	A little	Quite a bit	Extremely	Quite a bit + extremely
1	Suddenly scared for no reason	59.4	25.8	11.0	3.9	14.9
2	Feeling fearful	56.6	26.8	12.2	4.5	16.7
3	Faintness, dizziness	50.1	29.0	13.4	7.5	20.9
4	Nervousness, shakiness	50.7	27.4	16.6	5.3	21.9
5	Heart pounding	52.5	28.6	12.8	6.1	18.9
6	Trembling	72.0	18.3	6.9	2.8	9.7
7	Feeling tense or keyed up	46.5	30.6	14.8	8.1	22.9
8	Headaches	30.2	34.9	17.8	17.0	34.8
9	Spells of terror or panic	66.9	20.7	9.7	2.6	12.3
10	Feeling restless, can’t sit down	49.1	25.4	15.4	10.1	25.5
11	Feeling low in energy	37.9	33.3	17.8	11.0	28.8
12	Blaming yourself for things	40.0	27.8	18.1	14.2	32.3
13	Crying easily	45.6	27.0	11.8	15.6	27.4
14	Loss of sexual interest	51.1	22.3	14.4	12.2	26.6
15	Poor appetite	53.5	24.9	12.6	8.9	21.5
16	Difficulty falling asleep	46.2	25.8	13.0	15.0	28.0
17	Feeling hopeless	46.0	25.4	12.8	15.8	28.6
18	Feeling blue	55.4	25.2	12.8	6.7	19.5
19	Feeling lonely	47.1	24.3	13.4	15.2	28.6
20	Feeling trapped or caught	59.2	20.3	12.2	8.3	20.5
21	Worrying too much about things	25.6	30.6	18.9	24.9	43.8
22	Feeling no interest in things	49.7	25.2	15.0	10.1	25.1
23	Thoughts of ending your life	73.2	12.8	7.3	6.7	14.0
24	Feeling everything is an effort	46.2	30.6	13.6	9.5	23.1
25	Feelings of worthlessness	54.8	20.9	13.0	11.4	24.4