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. 2020 Jul 21;33(4):e100250. doi: 10.1136/gpsych-2020-100250

Table 2.

Comparison of scores of PHQ-9, GAD7, PSS-10 and SSRS in various variables

Variables PHQ-9 GAD-7 PSS-10 SSRS
Md (Q1–Q3) Z/χ2 P value Md (Q1–Q3) Z/χ 2 P value M (SD) F P value M (SD) F P value
Gender Female 3 (1–6) −1.601 0.109 2 (0–4) −1.569 0.117 12.58 (5.48) 0.088 0.767 44.05 (7.51) 0.809 0.368
Male 2 (0–6) 1 (0–4) 12.35 (5.72) 43.70 (7.92)
Domicile Central China 4 (1–6.25) −2.534* 0.011 2 (0–5) −3.017** 0.003 13.12 (5.49) 3.297 0.070 43.82 (7.44) 0.149 0.699
Non-central China 3 (1–5) 1 (0–4) 12.44 (5.53) 44.01 (7.62)
Marital status Married or remarried 3 (1–6) −1.771 0.077 1 (0–4) −1.945 0.052 12.48 (5.48) 1.747 0.186 44.38 (7.33) 52.873*** <0.001
Divorced or widowed 4 (1–7) 2 (0–6) 13.44 (6.35) 37.38 (8.86)
Occupation Workers 2 (1–6) 6.690 0.350 1.5 (0–4.25) 3.347 0.764 13.47 (6.06) 0.714 0.639 45.34 (8.47) 2.520* 0.020
Clerks 3 (1–5) 1 (0–4) 12.51 (5.28) 43.78 (7.45)
Civil servants 3 (0–5) 1 (0–4) 12.55 (5.39) 45.61 (7.24)
Professional and technical workers 3 (1–5) 2 (0–4) 11.95 (5.70) 44.51 (7.70)
Farmers 4 (1.25–6) 2 (0–6) 13.96 (6.08) 44.21 (6.42)
Self-employed 3 (1–6) 1 (0–4.75) 12.93 (5.32) 43.40 (7.56)
Unemployed 3 (1–7) 2 (0–5) 12.83 (5.93) 41.79 (7.36)
Quarantine Yes 3 (1–7) −2.379* 0.017 2 (0–5) −1.296 0.195 13.40 (5.57) 3.341 0.068 44.06 (7.57) 0.812 0.368
No 3 (1–5) 1 (0–4) 12.41 (5.51) 43.43 (7.75)
Parents’ history of mental illness No 3 (1–5) −7.820*** <0.001 1 (0–4) −9.050*** <0.001 12.21 (5.38) 48.080*** <0.001 44.30 (7.45) 24.721*** <0.001
Yes 7 (4–9) 6 (3–8.5) 16.20 (5.86) 40.29 (8.25)
Family economic level Low 3.5 (1–6) −4.012*** <0.001 2 (0–5) −2.166* 0.030 13.74 (5.58) 16.746*** <0.001 42.22 (7.91) 22.761*** <0.001
Medium or high 2 (1–5) 1 (0–4) 12.08 (5.44) 44.64 (7.36)
Child's learning stage Primary school 3 (1–6) 24.428*** <0.001 2 (0–5) 24.036*** <0.001 13.16 (5.43) 1.399 0.242 42.87 (7.73) 11.981*** <0.001
Middle school 3 (1–6) 2 (0–5) 12.42 (5.77) 44.33 (7.34)
High school 3 (1–6) 1 (0–5) 12.64 (5.11) 43.06 (7.35)
College 2 (0–4) 0 (0–3) 11.62 (5.73) 46.42 (7.60)
Family conflicts No 2 (0–5) −10.849*** <0.001 1 (0–3) −11.465*** <0.001 11.81 (5.31) 81.861*** <0.001 44.73 (7.39) 45.826*** <0.001
Yes 5 (3–8) 5 (2–7) 15.36 (5.48) 41.05 (7.65)
Marital satisfaction Low 4 (2–7) 125.311*** <0.001 3 (1–6) 101.271*** <0.001 14.21 (5.31) 36.559*** <0.001 40.51 (7.53) 82.425*** <0.001
Medium 2 (1–5) 1 (0–3.25) 12.24 (5.04) 45.01 (6.62)
High 1 (0–4) 0 (0–3) 10.99 (5.71) 46.77 (7.08)
Intimacy with child Low 3 (1–7) 58.186*** <0.001 2 (0–5) 40.261*** <0.001 13.83 (5.23) 25.361*** <0.001 42.07 (7.52) 34.070*** <0.001
Medium 3 (1–5) 2 (0–5) 12.34 (5.36) 43.82 (7.21)
High 1 (0–4) 0 (0–3) 11.24 (5.67) 46.28 (7.38)
Parenting style Authoritative 3 (1–6) 37.296*** <0.001 2 (0–5) 26.540*** <0.001 12.83 (5.80) 6.732*** <0.001 43.82 (7.54) 1.24 0.296
Authoritarian 7 (3–9) 3 (1–5) 15.74 (5.31) 42.32 (7.45)
Permissive 2 (1–5) 1 (0–4) 12.12 (5.33) 44.23 (7.65)
Uninvolved 4 (1.75–7) 2 (0–4.25) 13.48 (5.54) 42.95 (6.96)

*P<0.05, **p<0.01,***p<0.001.

GAD-7, Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7; M, mean; Md, median; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire-9; PSS-10, Perceived Stress Scale-10; Q1, first quartile; Q3, third quartile; SSRS, Social Support Rating Scale.