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. 2021 Feb 8;298:113792. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113792

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 (%)