Prevalence of depressive and anxiety cases*
Categories | Whole sample | Male | Female | |||
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Depression (PHQ-9†) | ||||||
No-Minimal Depression (0–4) | 1125 | 36.3 | 230 | 48.3 | 894 | 34.1 |
Mild Depression (5–9) | 994 | 32.1 | 125 | 26.3 | 868 | 33.2 |
Moderate Depression (10–14) | 525 | 17.0 | 64 | 13.4 | 461 | 17.6 |
Moderately Severe Depression (15–19) | 276 | 8.9 | 35 | 7.4 | 241 | 9.2 |
Severe Depression (20–27) | 177 | 5.7 | 22 | 4.6 | 154 | 5.9 |
Anxiety (GAD-7†) | ||||||
No-Minimal Anxiety (0–4) | 1344 | 43.4 | 276 | 58.0 | 1066 | 40.7 |
Mild Anxiety (5–9) | 947 | 30.6 | 108 | 22.7 | 839 | 32.0 |
Moderate Anxiety (10–14) | 430 | 13.9 | 44 | 9.2 | 386 | 14.7 |
Severe Anxiety (15–21) | 376 | 12.1 | 48 | 10.1 | 327 | 12.5 |
*Cut-offs for categories in line with published guidelines for PHQ-923 and GAD-7.25
†PHQ-9, the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire19; GAD-7, the 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale.20