Table 3.

Outcomes of PHQ-9 for nurses and patients (Mean ± SE).

Items	Nurses		p -Value	Patients		p -Value
	Wuhan (n = 202)	Non-Hubei (n = 391)		Wuhan (n = 212)	Non-Hubei (n = 221)
1. Little interest or pleasure in doing things	1.01 ± 0.06	0.64 ± 0.04	<0.0001	0.73 ± 0.04	0.76 ± 0.06	0.679
2. Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless	0.91 ± 0.06	0.48 ± 0.03	<0.0001	0.92 ± 0.05	0.56 ± 0.05	<0.0001
3. Trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much	1.35 ± 0.07	0.76 ± 0.04	<0.0001	1.24 ± 0.07	0.83 ± 0.06	<0.0001
4. Feeling tired or having little energy	1.23 ± 0.07	0.71 ± 0.04	<0.0001	1.17 ± 0.05	0.83 ± 0.06	<0.0001
5. Poor appetite or overeating	1.1 ± 0.06	0.66 ± 0.04	<0.0001	0.95 ± 0.05	0.65 ± 0.06	0.0001
6. Feeling bad about yourself or that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down	0.75 ± 0.06	0.43 ± 0.04	<0.0001	0.92 ± 0.06	0.52 ± 0.05	<0.0001
7. Trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching television	0.88 ± 0.06	0.46 ± 0.04	<0.0001	0.92 ± 0.06	0.65 ± 0.04	0.0007
8. Moving or speaking so slowly that others could have noticed, or being so fidgety/restless that you have been moving more than usual	0.73 ± 0.06	0.36 ± 0.03	<0.0001	0.87 ± 0.05	0.48 ± 0.05	<0.0001
9. Thoughts you would be better off dead, or of hurting yourself	0.49 ± 0.06	0.22 ± 0.03	<0.0001	0.60 ± 0.05	0.33 ± 0.04	<0.0001
Total score	8.44 ± 0.47	4.71 ± 0.26	<0.0001	8.31 ± 0.28	5.60 ± 0.39	<0.0001
	N (%)	N (%)		N (%)	N (%)
Total PHQ ≥10	63 (31.19%)	54 (13.81%)	<0.0001	64 (30.19%)	37 (16.74%)	0.0009
Total PHQ 0–4	59 (29.21%)	229 (58.57%)	<0.001	33 (15.57%)	113 (51.13%)	<0.001
Total PHQ 5–9	80 (39.6%)	108 (27.62%)		115 (54.25%)	71 (32.13%)
Total PHQ 10–14	3 3 (16.34%)	29 (7.42%)		43 (20.28%)	19 (8.60%)
Total PHQ 15–19	15 (7.43%)	20 (5.12%)		19 (8.96%)	12 (5.43%)
Total PHQ 20–27	15 (7.43%)	5 (1.28%)		2 (0.94%)	6 (2.71%)

Clinically, the answers to these questions are assigned a score between 0 and 3 (from 0 for “not at all” to 3 for “nearly every day”).

For a total range of 0–27. CUT-OFF 10.