Table 4.
Results of screening for depression, somatoform disorder or generalized anxiety disorder
| Symptoms/disorder - instrument (n missing) | Patients without appointment (n = 251) |
Patients with appointment (n = 250) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metric analysis (scores) | |||
| Depressive symptoms - PHQ-9 (34) | 5.2 (4.9) | 5.0 (4.8) | 0.64 |
| Somatoform symptoms - PHQ-15 (34) | 6.8 (5.2) | 6.8 (4.8) | 0.96 |
| Somatic symptom disorder – SSD-12 (39) | 11.6 (8.7) | 11.3 (9.3) | 0.43 |
| Generalized anxiety symptoms - GAD-7 (70) | 4.1 (4.3) | 3.7 (3.9) | 0.32 |
| Categorical analysis | |||
| Major depression - PHQ-9 (34) | 19 (8%) | 17 (7%) | 0.731 |
| Minor depression - PHQ-9 (34) | 30 (13%) | 9 (4%) | < 0.001 |
| Somatoform disorder - PHQ-15 (70) | 34 (16%) | 34 (16%) | 1.00 |
| Generalized anxiety disorder - GAD-7 (34) | 24 (10%) | 21 (9%) | 0.64 |
| At least one mental disorder suspected* | 71 (28%) | 52 (21%) | 0.06 |
P-values from Student’s t-test or Chi2-test; *missings were coded as no indication of a mental disorder
Values are means (standard deviations) or absolute frequencies (percentages)