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. 2017 Sep 4;40(2):115–122. doi: 10.1590/1516-4446-2016-2139

Table 1. Prevalence of common mental disorder symptoms in SRQ-20 scales, overall and according to the results of LCA and joint CFA-cluster analysis, Salvador, Brazil.

Scale/categories Overall (%) CFA LCA
% suspect % not suspect % suspect % not suspect
Depressive/anxious (n=785) (n=262) (n=530) (n=517)
 Feel nervous, tense or worried 75.0 100.00 0.00 93.8 56.7
 Easily frightened 55.3 62.93 32.44 74.1 37.0
 Feel unhappy 52.2 62.29 22.14 92.1 13.4
 Cry more than usual 25.4 31.08 8.40 50.3 1.10
Somatic symptoms (n=316) (n=731) (n=401) (n=646)
 Often have headaches 49.4 78.80 36.36 76.7 30.1
 Sleep badly 41.7 71.84 28.73 70.6 21.3
 Uncomfortable feelings in the stomach 31.3 83.86 8.62 63.2 8.80
 Poor digestion 23.0 67.09 3.97 48.5 5.10
 Poor appetite 34.7 62.97 22.44 61.4 15.8
 Hands shake 24.4 50.00 13.27 44.7 10.0
Reduced vital energy (n=385) (n=662) (n=385) (n=662)
 Easily tired 35.9 83.38 8.31 78.7 11.2
 Difficult to make decisions 32.1 60.26 15.71 60.1 15.9
 Difficult to enjoy your daily activities 33.1 64.16 15.11 64.7 14.9
 Daily work suffering 14.2 31.43 4.23 32.0 4.00
 Feel tired all the time 41.1 85.19 15.41 81.6 17.6
 Trouble thinking clearly 26.9 53.51 11.48 53.8 11.4
Depressive thoughts (n=351) (n=696) (n=150) (n=897)
 Unable to play a useful part 11.1 33.05 0.00 94.6 63.3
 Lost interest in things 23.7 70.66 0.00 88.4 21.9
 Thought of ending your life 7.2 21.37 0.00 98.4 67.6
 Feel that you are a worthless person 12.4 37.04 0.00 97.4 56.5

CFA = correspondence factor analysis; LCA = latent class analysis; SRQ-20 = Self Reporting Questionnaire.