Table 2.
Relative frequency (and confidence interval) of depression, anxiety, and stress response on each survey in men and women separately and by age group; depressive responses according to DASS Depression scale.
| DASS depression |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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S1
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S2
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S3
|
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Men
|
Women
|
Men
|
Women
|
Men
|
Women
|
| General |
37.91% (35.68-41.12) |
42.76% (41.27-44.24) |
46.00% (42.26-49.73) |
57.70% (56.42-58.98) |
39.57% (36.65-42.50) |
46.45% (45.00-47.89) |
| 18-24 y.o.† |
59.09% (49.75-68.42) |
65.30% (60.24-70.36) |
60.81% (53.42-68.20) |
61.14% (58.67-64.19) |
37.20% (26.78-47.63) |
42.99% (38.86-47.11) |
| 25-59 y.o. |
39.37% (36.63-42.12) |
42.10% (40.41-43.79) |
42.61% (37.82-47.40) |
57.49% (56.02-58.95) |
40.76% (37.31-44.22) |
46.89% (45.30-48.48) |
| 60+ y.o. | 29.55% (25.51-33.59) | 34.25% (30.60-37.90) | 34.95% (25.58-44.31) | 37.21% (29.91-44.51) | 36.15% (29.64-42.65) | 47.52% (41.18-53.86) |
DASS – Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scales, S – survey, y.o. – years old
*Note: In all surveys, comparison between men and women P < 0.05.
†Comparisons among the three age groups in pairs (χ2 test): S1 – men and women: all comparisons P < 0.001; S2 – men: all comparisons P < 0.001 except for the comparison between 25-59 vs 60+ y.o. P = 0.179; women: all comparisons P < 0.001 with the exception of the comparison between 18-24 vs 25-59 y.o. P = 0.014; S3 – men and women: all comparisons P > 0.05.