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. 2022 Sep 27;13:977238. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.977238

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)