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. 2020 Aug 14;29:e158. doi: 10.1017/S2045796020000670

Table 2.

Undiagnosed depression at baseline and depressive symptoms at 18 months by immigration status

Non-immigrants (N = 18 620)
Depression at baseline Immigrants (N = 4382)
CES-D 10, N (%)
UD (CESD ⩾10) No-UD (CES-D <10) UD (CESD ⩾10) No-UD (CES-D <10)
1976 (10.6) 16 644 (89.04) 535 (12.2) 3847 (87.8)
Depressive symptoms at 18 months
K10a, N (%)
⩾19 <19 ⩾19 <19 ⩾19 <19 ⩾19 <19
621 (31.4) 1355 (68.6) 1005 (6.0) 15 639 (94.0) 181 (39.2) 281 (60.8) 231 (8.8) 2407 (91.2)
Number of respondent to MHCPb
620 1115 1003 11 142 181 281 231 2407
Seen an MHCP, N (%)
93 (15.0) 75 (6.7) 147 (14.7) 419 (3.8) 31 (17.1) 11 (3.9) 44 (19.1) 82 (3.4)

CES-D, Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression 10 Scale; UD, undiagnosed depression; assessed with Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression 10 Scale, CESD ⩾10; K10, Kessler Psychological Distress Scale 10; MHCP, consulting a mental health care professional for depressive symptoms.

a

K10 ⩾19 = depressive symptoms.

b

Participants who answered ‘a little’, ‘some’, ‘most’ or ‘all’ to at least one question in the K10_1-10 series were probed about having seen an MHCP about these feelings in the prior 30 days.