Table 3.
PHQ-9 item-by-item results, for the total sample and stratified by gender
| Whole sample (N=13,829) | Women (N=10,434) | Men (N=3,328) | Other (N=67) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not at all | Several days | More than half the days | Nearly every day | Not at all | Several days | More than half the days | Nearly every day | Not at all | Several days | More than half the days | Nearly every day | Not at all | Several days | More than half the days | Nearly every day | |
| 1. Little interest or pleasure in doing things | 6455 (46.7) |
4776 (34.5) |
1596 (11.5) |
1002 (7.2) |
4730 (45.3) |
3755 (36) |
1199 (11.5) |
750 (7.2) |
1700 (51.1) |
1004 (30.2) |
383 (11.5) |
241 (7.2) |
25 (37.3) |
17 (25.4) |
14 (20.9) |
11 (16.4) |
| 2. Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless | 6331 (45.8) |
5215 (37.7) |
1370 (9.9) |
913 (6.6) |
4519 (43.3) |
4162 (39.9) |
1062 (10.2) |
691 (6.6) |
1786 (53.7) |
1031 (31) |
302 (9.1) |
209 (6.3) |
26 (38.8) |
22 (32.8) |
6 (9) |
13 (19.4) |
| 3. Trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much | 5003 (36.2) |
4723 (34.2) |
2165 (15.7) |
1938 (14) |
3425 (32.8) |
3727 (35.7) |
1745 (16.7) |
1537 (14.7) |
1553 (46.7) |
980 (29.4) |
411 (12.3) |
384 (11.5) |
25 (37.3) |
16 (23.9) |
9 (13.4) |
17 (25.4) |
| 4. Feeling tired or having little energy | 4210 (30.4) |
5614 (40.6) |
2388 (17.3) |
1617 (11.7) |
2895 (27.7) |
4347 (41.7) |
1897 (18.2) |
1295 (12.4) |
1299 (39) |
1246 (37.4) |
480 (14.4) |
303 (9.1) |
16 (23.9) |
21 (31.3) |
11 (16.4) |
19 (28.4) |
| 5. Poor appetite or overeating | 6484 (46.9) |
3733 (27) |
2137 (15.5) |
1475 (10.7) |
4543 (43.5) |
2941 (28.2) |
1743 (16.7) |
1207 (11.6) |
1912 (57.5) |
779 (23.4) |
386 (11.6) |
251 (7.5) |
29 (43.3) |
13 (19.4) |
8 (11.9) |
17 (25.4) |
| 6. Feeling bad about yourself, or that you are a failure, or have let yourself or your family down | 8827 (63.8) |
2876 (20.8) |
1190 (8.6) |
936 (6.8) |
6471 (62) |
2296 (22) |
944 (9) |
723 (6.9) |
2323 (69.8) |
567 (17) |
242 (7.3) |
196 (5.9) |
33 (49.3) |
13 (19.4) |
4 (6) |
17 (25.4) |
| 7. Trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching television | 7404 (53.5) |
3757 (27.2) |
1661 (12) |
1007 (7.3) |
5331 (51.1) |
2963 (28.4) |
1335 (12.8) |
805 (7.7) |
2048 (61.5) |
779 (23.4) |
315 (9.5) |
186 (5.6) |
25 (37.3) |
15 (22.4) |
11 (16.4) |
16 (23.9) |
| 8. Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed. Or the opposite, being so fidgety or restless that you have been moving around a lot more than usual | 11079 (80.1) |
1781 (12.9) |
654 (4.7) |
315 (2.3) |
8298 (79.5) |
1392 (13.3) |
498 (4.8) |
246 (2.4) |
2742 (82.4) |
374 (11.2) |
149 (4.5) |
63 (1.9) |
39 (58.2) |
15 (22.4) |
7 (10.4) |
6 (9) |
| 9. Thoughts that you would be better or dead, or of hurting yourself in some way | 12137 (87.8) |
1075 (7.8) |
356 (2.6) |
261 (1.9) |
9235 (88.5) |
757 (7.3) |
250 (2.4) |
192 (1.8) |
2858 (85.9) |
308 (9.3) |
101 (3) |
61 (1.8) |
44 (65.7) |
10 (14.9) |
5 (7.5) |
8 (11.9) |
*Data cell: number (%)