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.