Improving Knowledge and Attitudes towards Depression: a controlled trial among Chinese medical students

BMC Psychiatry

Table 3 Proportion of students nominating typical signs or symptoms for a person with depression (N = 146)*

		DT (n₁= 69)				DT/SDL (n₂= 77)
		Baseline	FU1	FU2	FU3	Baseline	FU1	FU2	FU3
		n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
1	Feel sad, down, or miserable	39 (56.5)	41 (59.4)	34 (49.3)	40 (58.0)	47 (61.0)	53 (68.8)	53 (68.8)	49 (63.6)
2	Sleep disturbance	34 (49.3)	25 (36.2) ^a	26 (37.7)	17 (24.6) ^b	37 (48.1)	41 (53.2)	28 (36.4) ^a	29 (37.7)
3	Unhappy or depressed	29 (42.0)	34 (49.3)	34 (49.3)	40 (58.0) ^a	39 (50.6)	37 (48.1)	34 (44.2)	40 (51.9)
4	Overwhelmed	31 (44.9)	18 (26.1)	24 (34.8) ^a	20 (29.0)	33 (42.9)	33 (42.9)	26 (33.8)	31 (40.3)
5	Thinking "life is not worth living"	23 (33.3)	27 (39.1)	16 (23.2)	28 (40.6)	22 (28.6)	32 (41.6)	33 (42.9) ^a	28 (36.4)

* Only the students who nominated at least three typical signs or symptoms at each time point were included in this analysis. These were the top five typical signs or symptoms for a person with depression that were nominated by students at baseline.
^a P < 0.05 compared with baseline
^b P < 0.001 compared with baseline

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