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. 2020 Sep 15;10(9):e040620. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040620

Table 3.

Prevalence of depressive and anxiety cases*

Categories Whole sample Male Female
n % n % n %
Depression (PHQ-9†)
 No-Minimal Depression (0–4) 1125 36.3 230 48.3 894 34.1
 Mild Depression (5–9) 994 32.1 125 26.3 868 33.2
 Moderate Depression (10–14) 525 17.0 64 13.4 461 17.6
 Moderately Severe Depression (15–19) 276 8.9 35 7.4 241 9.2
 Severe Depression (20–27) 177 5.7 22 4.6 154 5.9
Anxiety (GAD-7†)
 No-Minimal Anxiety (0–4) 1344 43.4 276 58.0 1066 40.7
 Mild Anxiety (5–9) 947 30.6 108 22.7 839 32.0
 Moderate Anxiety (10–14) 430 13.9 44 9.2 386 14.7
 Severe Anxiety (15–21) 376 12.1 48 10.1 327 12.5

*Cut-offs for categories in line with published guidelines for PHQ-923 and GAD-7.25

†PHQ-9, the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire19; GAD-7, the 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale.20