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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Aging Health. 2014 Oct;26(7):1155–1171. doi: 10.1177/0898264314527611

Table 2.

Presence of Depressive Symptoms.

PHQ-9 items Not at all (%) Several days (%) More than half of the days (%) Nearly every day (%)

Little interest or pleasure in doing things 2,639 (84.3) 213 (6.8) 152 (4.9) 127 (4.0)
Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless 2,676 (85.3) 233 (7.4) 132 (4.2) 97 (3.0)
Trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much 2,061 (65.6) 481(15.3) 258 (8.2) 344 (10.9)
Feeling tired or having little energy 2,186 (69.6) 450 (14.3) 254 (8.1) 251 (8.0)
Poor appetite or overeating 2,840 (90.4) 135 (4.3) 91 (2.9) 76 (2.4)
Feeling bad about yourself —or that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down 2,828 (90.3) 142 (4.5) 96 (3.1) 65 (2.1)
Trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching television 2,677 (85.6) 226 (7.2) 138 (4.4) 87 (2.8)
Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed 2,640 (84.4) 237 (7.6) 161 (5.2) 87 (2.8)
Thoughts that you would be better off dead, or of hurting yourself in some way 3,019 (96.5) 72 (2.3) 13 (0.4) 26 (0.8)

Note. PHQ = Patient Health Questionnaire.