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. 2020 Oct 7;17(19):7322. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17197322

Table A1.

Male depression risk scale.

Not at All (0 Days) Occasionally (1–4 Days) Around 25% of the Time (5–8 Days) Just Under Half the Time (9–12 Days) Just over Half the Time (13–16 Days) Around 75% of the Time (17–20 Days) Very Frequently (21–24 Days) Almost Always (25+ Days)
1. I bottled up my negative feelings 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
2. I covered up my difficulties 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
3. I drank more alcohol than usual 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
4. I drove dangerously or aggressively 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
5. I had more heartburn than usual 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
6. I had regular headaches 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
7. I had stomach pains 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8. I had to work things out by myself 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
9. I had unexplained aches and pains 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
10. I needed alcohol to help me unwind 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
11. I needed to have easy access to alcohol 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
12. I overreacted to situations with aggressive behaviour 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
13. I sought out drugs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
14. I stopped caring about the consequences of my actions 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
15. I stopped feeling so bad while drinking 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
16. I took unnecessary risks 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
17. I tried to ignore feeling down 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
18. I used drugs to cope 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
19. I verbally lashed out at others without being provoked 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
20. I was verbally aggressive to others 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
21. It was difficult to manage my anger 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
22. Using drugs provided temporary relief 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Reprinted from Journal of Affective Disorders, 151(3), Rice, S., Fallon, B., Aucote, H., Möller-Leimkühler, A. Development and preliminary validation of the Male Depression Risk Scale: Furthering the assessment of depression in men. Copyright (2013), with permission from Elsevier. Scoring: MDRS total scores are summed ≤31 = Low; 32–50 = Elevated; 51–86 = High, ≥87 = Extreme. Emotion Suppression subscale = items 1, 2, 8, 17; Drug Use subscale = items 13, 22, 18; Alcohol Use subscale = items 3, 10, 11, 15; Anger & Aggression subscale = items 12, 19, 20, 21; Somatic Symptoms subscale = items 5, 6, 7, 9; Risk-Taking subscale = items 4, 14, 16.