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Table 2 Means and standard deviation at the MDI in psychiatric outpatients

From: Sensitivity and specificity of the Major Depression Inventory in outpatients

 

All

Men

Women

 

N

M

SDc)

N

M

SDc)

N

M

SDc)

Mood disorder

120

27.69

10.60 ***

54

27.57

9.46 **

63

27.33

11.54 **

- MDD

70

29.96

9.97 ***

29

29.10

8.89 **

40

30.30

10.75 ***

- Dysthymia

49

25.80

11.65

24

25.08

10.62

22

25.00

12.75

- Other mooda)

8

21.88

8.87

3

25.00

4.58

5

20.00

10.75

Bipolar disorder

11

15.64

11.84 *

9

11.33

7.73 ***

2

35.00

2.83

Anxiety disorder

59

24.32

11.84

23

28.61

9.16 *

35

22.03

12.53

Psychotic disorder

12

19.50

11.81

10

21.10

12.20

2

11.50

6.36

Other neurotic disorder

43

23.33

11.86

15

23.33

8.80

27

23.26

13.62

Relational problems

62

21.11

12.31 *

21

19.52

11.47 *

41

21.93

12.78

Substance use disorder

44

26.52

11.84

30

25.57

11.79

13

27.62

12.06

Otherb)

26

21.35

12.94

7

25.57

12.90

19

19.79

12.95

Total population

258

24.03

12.12

111

23.99

11.17

142

23.91

12.79

  1. ***: p < .001; **: p < .01; *: p < .05; ns: not significant
  2. a) depressive disorder caused by a somatic illness (N = 1), or a depressive disorder Not Otherwise Specified (N = 7).
  3. b) other disorders are specified in the text
  4. c) p-values indicate whether the mean MDI-scores in the diagnostic category differ significantly from the rest of the population, as tested with T-tests.