Table 5 Severity categories of depression and anxiety in total cohort and subgroups
From: The hidden crisis: COVID-19 and impact on mental health of medical students in Pakistan
Gender | Phase of study | Past H/O psychiatric illness | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | ||||||||
Severity category | Total No. (%) 1100 | Men (N = 344) | Women (N = 756) | P value | Preclinical (N = 446) | Clinical (N = 653) | Yes (N = 299) | No (N = 801) | P Value | |
PHQ-9, depression symptoms | ||||||||||
Normal | 274 (24.9) | 120 (34.9) | 154 (20.4) | 0.000** | 93 (20.9) | 181 (27.7) | 0.021* | 38 (12.7) | 236 (29.5) | 0.000** |
Mild | 297 (27.0) | 89 (25.9) | 208 (27.5) | 123 (27.6) | 174 (26.6) | 61 (20.4) | 236 (29.5) | |||
Moderate | 209 (19.1) | 58 (16.9) | 152 (20.1) | 82 (18.4) | 127 (19.4) | 65 (21.7) | 145 (18.1) | |||
Severe | 319 (29.0) | 77 (22.4) | 242 (32.0) | 148 (33.2) | 171 (26.2) | 135 (45.2) | 184 (23.0) | |||
GAD-7, anxiety symptoms | ||||||||||
Normal | 367 (33.4) | 171 (49.7) | 196 (25.9) | 0.000** | 141 (31.6) | 226 (34.6) | 0.385 | 35 (11.7) | 232 (41.4) | 0.000** |
Mild | 288 (26.3) | 61 (17.7) | 228 (32.2) | 112 (25.1) | 176 (27.0) | 76 (25.4) | 213 (26.6) | |||
Moderate | 222 (20.2) | 52 (15.1) | 170 (22.5) | 93 (20.9) | 129 (19.8) | 82 (27.4) | 140 (17.5) | |||
Severe | 222 (20.2) | 60 (17.4) | 162 (21.4) | 100 (22.4) | 122 (18.7) | 106 (35.5) | 116 (14.5) | |||