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Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 1 Questions about demographic data and medical history. PHQ-9 Patient Health Questionnaire-9 and GAD-7 General Anxiety Disorder-7 that are included in the questionnaire

From: Assessment of new-onset depression and anxiety associated with COVID-19

Questions Options
 1. Age Open question
 2. Gender Male, female
 3. Marital status Single, married, divorced, widower/ widow
 4. For females: are you pregnant? Yes, No
 5. Nationality Saudi, Non-Saudi
 6. Job-status Student, government sector employee, private sector employee, freelancer, retired, unemployed
 7. Have you been diagnosed with COVID-19? Yes, No
 8. Do you know anyone of your relatives or friends is infected with COVID-19? Yes, No
 9. Have you been diagnosed with any psychiatric disorder and are you using medication for it? Yes, No
 10. Over the last two weeks, how often have you been bothered by any of the following problems? (Or four weeks after you've been diagnosed with COVID-19)
GAD-7 Not all Several days More than half the days Nearly every day
 1. Feeling nervous, anxious or on edge? 0 1 2 3
 2. Not being able to stop or control worrying? 0 1 2 3
 3. Worrying too much about different things? 0 1 2 3
 4. Trouble relaxing? 0 1 2 3
 5. Being so restless that it is hard to sit still? 0 1 2 3
 6. Becoming easily annoyed or irritable? 0 1 2 3
 7. Feeling afraid as if something awful might happen? 0 1 2 3
 11. Over the last two weeks, how often have you been bothered by any of the following problems? (Or four weeks after you've been diagnosed with COVID-19, if you've already been infected)
PHQ-9 Not all Several days More than half the days 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
 3. Trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much? 0 1 2 3
 4. Feeling tired or having little energy? 0 1 2 3
 5. Poor appetite or overeating? 0 1 2 3
 6. Feeling bad about yourself - or that you are a failure or 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 the opposite - being so fidgety or restless that you have been moving around a lot more than usual? 		0 1 2 3
 9. Thoughts that you would be better off dead, or of hurting yourself in some way? 0 1 2 3
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