Table 3.
Change in eight-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-8) and Generalised Anxiety Disorder Assessment (GAD-7) categories from pre-COVID-19 baseline to COVID-19 lockdown survey
| Pre-COVID-19 PHQ-8 | PHQ-8 at COVID-19 lockdown survey | ||||
| Category | None | Mild | Moderate/severe | Missing | Total |
| None | 759 (67%) | 257 (23%) | 118 (10%) | 53 | 1187 (100%) |
| Mild | 171 (44%) | 110 (28%) | 112 (28%) | 21 | 414 (100%) |
| Moderate/severe | 48 (24%) | 46 (23%) | 109 (54%) | 9 | 212 (100%) |
| Missing | 23 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 47 (100%) |
| Total | 978 | 413 | 339 | 85 | 1860 (100%) |
| Pre-COVID-19 GAD-7 | GAD-7 at COVID-19 lockdown survey | ||||
| Category | None | Mild | Moderate/severe | Missing | Total |
| None | 851 (70%) | 247 (20%) | 118 (10%) | 64 | 1280 (100%) |
| Mild | 95 (37%) | 91 (36%) | 70 (27%) | 14 | 270 (100%) |
| Moderate/severe | 47 (29%) | 44 (27%) | 71 (44%) | 5 | 167 (100%) |
| Missing | 82 | 26 | 30 | 5 | 143 (100%) |
| Total | 993 | 382 | 259 | 88 | 1860 (100%) |
Bold: category worse in lockdown compared with baseline. Italic: category improved in lockdown compared with baseline. Plain text: category stayed the same.