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. 2021 May 13;12:676398. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.676398

TABLE 3.

Assessment of dimensional invariance of the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 across demographic subgroups, status of diabetes and over time.

PHQ-9
GAD-7
N χ 2 df p CFI TLI RMSEA SRMR N χ 2 df p CFI TLI RMSEA SRMR
Gender Female 553 65.737 26 0.000 0.940 0.917 0.067 0.044 554 33.022 12 0.001 0.978 0.962 0.073 0.035
Male 654 57.140 26 0.000 0.949 0.929 0.059 0.041 651 14.268 12 0.284 0.997 0.995 0.024 0.022
Age 30–40 326 66.215 26 0.000 0.878 0.831 0.089 0.060 324 17.777 12 0.123 0.988 0.979 0.049 0.032
41–50 493 49.860 26 0.003 0.956 0.939 0.059 0.043 495 26.334 12 0.010 0.984 0.973 0.062 0.033
51–60 388 61.913 26 0.000 0.940 0.917 0.072 0.046 386 19.646 12 0.074 0.987 0.977 0.057 0.026
Education Primary 305 57.584 26 0.000 0.930 0.903 0.083 0.052 305 25.109 12 0.014 0.979 0.964 0.076 0.029
Secondary 619 56.576 26 0.000 0.952 0.934 0.058 0.042 617 15.282 12 0.226 0.996 0.993 0.028 0.022
Higher 283 39.294 26 0.046 0.930 0.904 0.049 0.052 283 26.647 12 0.009 0.966 0.940 0.086 0.047
T2D-Status At risk 1006 85.341 26 0.000 0.947 0.926 0.065 0.040 1003 25.562 12 0.012 0.991 0.984 0.046 0.023
T2D 201 40.088 26 0.038 0.944 0.922 0.061 0.051 202 14.962 12 0.244 0.989 0.981 0.050 0.039
Time T0 1006 85.341 26 0.000 0.947 0.926 0.065 0.040 1003 25.562 12 0.012 0.991 0.984 0.046 0.023
T1 982 39.152 26 0.047 0.984 0.978 0.033 0.031 981 21.062 12 0.049 0.993 0.988 0.039 0.022
T2 963 52.996 26 0.001 0.974 0.965 0.046 0.038 963 36.948 12 0.000 0.978 0.961 0.067 0.029

df, degrees of freedom; CFI, comparative fit index; TLI, Tucker–Lewis index; RMSEA, root-mean-square error of approximation; SRMR, standardized root mean square residual: T2D, type two diabetes.