Table 2.
Core depressive symptoms, symptom impact on daily life and symptoms that are expected to be relieved (more than 1 answer) (n = 566)
| Item | Number (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Depressive symptom | Symptom impact daily life | Expectation of antidepressant relieve symptom | |
| Trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much | 462 (81.6) | 380 (67.1) | 350 (61.8) |
| Feeling down, depressed or hopeless | 452 (79.9) | 334 (59.0) | 319 (56.4) |
| Loss of interest or pleasure in doing things | 427 (75.4) | 291 (51.4) | 251 (44.3) |
| Feeling bad about myself or failure or have let myself or my family down | 344 (60.8) | 217 (38.3) | 203 (35.9) |
| Poor appetite or overeating | 300 (53.0) | 201 (35.5) | 133 (23.5) |
| Thoughts that you would be better off dead, or of hurting myself in some way | 271 (47.9) | 160 (28.3) | 147 (26.0) |
| Trouble concentrating on things, diminished ability to think | 253 (44.7) | 203 (35.9) | 167 (29.5) |
| Feeling tired or having little energy | 252 (44.5) | 188 (33.2) | 137 (24.2) |
| Restless that moving around a lot more than usual | 159 (28.1) | 98 (17.3) | 71 (12.5) |
| Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed | 117 (20.7) | 84 (14.8) | 64 (11.3) |