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. 2020 Dec 21;35(1):242. doi: 10.4102/sajid.v35i1.242

TABLE 2.

Descriptive characteristics for observed variables.

Variable Mean SD Min. Max.
1. Little interest or pleasure in doing things (anhedonia) 0.76 0.95 0 3
2. Feeling down, depressed or hopeless 0.80 0.90 0 3
3. Trouble falling or staying asleep (insomnia) or sleeping too much (hypersomnia) 0.92 1.14 0 3
4. Feeling tired or having little energy 0.99 1.11 0 3
5. Poor appetite or overeating 1.14 1.27 0 3
6. Feeling bad about yourself – or that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down 0.51 0.88 0 3
7. Trouble concentrating on things such as reading the newspaper or watching television 0.47 0.83 0 3
8. Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed (retardation). Or the opposite – being so fidgety or restless that you have been moving around a lot more than usual (psychomotor agitation) 0.22 0.61 0 3
9. Thoughts that you would be better off dead or of hurting yourself in some way (suicidal ideation) 0.36 0.79 0 3

SD, standard deviation; Min., minimum; Max., maximum.