Table 3 Prevalence of PHQ-9 depression symptoms and mean/median PHQ-9 score among participants with PHQ-MDS1and CIDI-MDS2
PHQ-MDS % (95% CI) n = 86 | CIDI-MDS % (95% CI) n = 130 | |
|---|---|---|
PHQ-9 depression symptoms present more than half of the days | ||
Little interest or pleasure in doing things | 68.7 (54.1-80.3) | 38.6 (28.5-49.8) |
Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless | 77.1 (63.0-87.0) | 42.5 (31.6-54.3) |
Trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much | 83.5 (71.4-91.1) | 60.9 (49.6-71.1) |
Feeling tired or having little energy | 97.7 (89.9-99.5) | 68.8 (57.5-78.3) |
Poor appetite or overeating | 72.8 (60.7-82.2) | 41.9 (31.3-53.2) |
Feeling bad about yourself or that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down | 72.1 (59.6-81.9) | 39.4 (29.1-50.8) |
Trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching television | 52.2 (39.3-64.8) | 34.5 (24.2-46.5) |
Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed, or the opposite — being so fidgety or restless that you have been moving around a lot more than usual | 17.7 (10.5-28.3) | 8.3 (4.3-15.3) |
Thoughts that you would be better off dead or of hurting yourself in some way3 | 61.0 (46.8-73.6) | 41.9 (32.1-52.5) |
Mean PHQ-9 score | 15.9 (14.9-17.0) | 11.7 (10.6-12.8) |
Median PHQ-9 score | 15 | 10.5 |