Table 1.

Proportions of responses to each item on the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 (n = 949)

Item	Not at all	A little	Quite a bit	Extremely	Mean (SD)
1. Headache	73.9	22.1	2.6	0.5	1.3 (0.6)
2. Tremor	86.0	9.7	1.8	0.6	1.2 (0.4)
3. Lassitude or dizziness	66.2	27.9	4.1	0.5	1.4 (0.7)
4. Nervousness, restlessness	66.5	29.0	3.2	0.7	1.4 (0.6)
5. Suddenly scared for no reason	88.3	9.3	1.8	0.2	1.1 (0.4)
6. Increasingly fearful or anxious	85.7	11.1	2.2	0.1	1.2 (0.6)
7. Palpitations, heart beat running away	77.9	18.2	1.8	0.2	1.3 (06)
9. Bouts of anxiety or panic	91.7	6.5	0.8	0.2	1.1 (0.4)
10. So restless that it is difficult to sit still	84.7	12.9	1.3	0.5	1.2 (0.5)
11. Lack of energy, everything goes slower than usual	40.8	20.2	9.5	2.0	1.7 (0.8)
12. Blaming yourself for things	63.5	30.2	4.6	0.7	1.4 (0.7)
13. Tearfulness	76.0	20.0	2.8	0.7	1.3 (0.5)
14. Thoughts about taking your life	96.3	2.4	0.7	0	1.0 (0.2)
15. Poor appetite	90.1	7.9	1.3	0.3	1.1 (0.5)
16. Difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep	55.6	33.6	7,6	2.5	1.6 (0.7)
17. Sense of hopelessness about the future	74.4	22.1	2.4	0.6	1.3 (0.5)
18. Depressed, melancholy	78.4	18.4	1.8	0.4	1.2 (0.6)
19. Feeling of loneliness	74.3	21.1	3.5	0.5	1.3 (0.6)
20. Loss of sexual desire and interest	53.5	29.7	9.7	3.8	1.6 (0.8)
21. Feeling of being cheated in a trap or trapped	93.8	5.0	0.5	0.4	1.0 (0.3)
22. Very worried or upset	70.3	25.6	3.4	0.4	1.3 (0.6)
23. No interest in anything	87.2	10.5	1.4	0.4	1.1 (0.5)
24. Feeling everything is an effort	75.2	20.2	3.1	0.9	1.3 (0.6)
25. Feeling useless	79.3	17.1	2.6	0.9	1.2 (0.5)
Anxiety mean score					1.2 (0.3)
Depression mean score					1.3 (0.3)
HSCL-25 total mean score					1.3 (0.3)

When numbers in columns do not equal 100%, there is internal drop-out in the questionnaire