Table 2.
Prevalence of probable depression and anxiety among Hong Kong respondents from July 2019 to August 2020.
| Overall |
High daily routine disruptions |
Low daily routine disruptions |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depressiona |
Anxietyb |
Depressiona |
Anxietyb |
Depressiona |
Anxietyb |
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| Prevalence (n) | 95% confidence interval | Prevalence (n) | 95% confidence interval | Prevalence (n) | 95% confidence interval | Prevalence (n) | 95% confidence interval | Prevalence (n) | 95% confidence interval | Prevalence (n) | 95% confidence interval | |
| Time | ||||||||||||
| Survey 1 (July 2019) | 25.7% (286) | 23.2, 28.3 | 40.6% (212) | 36.4, 44.8 | 12.5% (74) | 9.9, 15.2 | ||||||
| Survey 2 (February–March 2020) | 28.2% (564) | 26.2, 30.1 | 19.2% (384) | 17.5, 20.9 | 41.5% (406) | 38.4, 44.6 | 31.1% (304) | 28.2, 34.0 | 15.4% (158) | 13.2, 17.6 | 7.8% (80) | 6.2, 9.5 |
| Survey 3 (April–May 2020) | 15.3% (307) | 14.0, 17.0 | 14.0% (281) | 12.0, 15.0 | 26.7% (252) | 24.0, 30.0 | 25.0% (236) | 22.0, 28.0 | 5.2% (55) | 4.0, 6.0 | 4.2% (45) | 3.0, 5.0 |
| Survey 4 (July–August 2020) | 13.7% (278) | 12.2, 15.2 | 14.2% (290) | 12.7, 15.8 | 23.8% (232) | 21.2, 26.5 | 24.0% (234) | 21.4, 26.7 | 4.3% (46) | 3.1, 5.5 | 5.2% (55) | 3.9, 6.6 |
a
PHQ-9 scores ≥10 were used to define probable depression.
b
GAD-7 scores ≥10 were used to define probable anxiety, GAD-7 asked in surveys 2–4.