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Table 4

From: Depressive symptoms in people with chronic physical conditions: prevalence and risk factors in a Hong Kong community sample

Read each item carefully, and circle your response

Not at all

Several days

More than half of the day

Nearly every day

1

Little interest or pleasure in doing things

0

1

2

3

2

Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless

0

1

2

3

3a

Trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, or sleeping too much

0

1

2

3

4a

Feeling tired or having little energy

0

1

2

3

5a

Poor appetite or overeating

0

1

2

3

6

Feeling bad about yourself, feeling that you are a failure, or feeling that you have let yourself or your family down

0

1

2

3

7

Trouble concentrating on things such as reading the newspaper or watching television

0

1

2

3

8

Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed. Or being so fidgety or restless that you have been moving around a lot more than usual

0

1

2

3

9

Thinking that you would be better off dead or that you want to hurt yourself in some way

0

1

2

3