Table 2.
Symptoms suggestive of depression and their frequency among UTAR male undergraduate students in the PHQ-9 questionnaire.
| Not at all | Several Days | More than half the days | Nearly every day | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | |
| Little interest or pleasure in doing things | 413 (31.6%) | 635 (48.5) | 173 (13.2) | 87 (6.7%) |
| Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless | 586 (44.8%) | 537 (41.1%) | 124 (9.5%) | 61 (4.7%) |
| Trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much | 594 (45.5) | 433 (33.1) | 159 (12.2) | 122 (9.3) |
| Feeling tired or having little energy | 373 (28.5) | 585 (44.7) | 227 (17.4) | 123 (9.4) |
| Poor appetite or overeating | 850 (65) | 303 (23.2) | 96 (7.3) | 59 (4.5) |
| Feeling bad about yourself – or that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down | 654 (50) | 396 (30.3) | 163 (12.5) | 95 (7.3) |
| Trouble concentrating on things | 680 (52) | 379 (29) | 167 (12.8) | 82 (6.3) |
| Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed or so fidgety or restless that you have been moving a lot more than usual | 980 (74.9) | 239 (18.3) | 63 (4.8) | 26 (2) |
| Thoughts that you would be better off dead, or thoughts of hurting yourself in some way | 1,003 (76.7) | 196 (15) | 71 (5.4) | 38 (2.9) |