Table 5 Descriptive statistics of the D-Lit questionnaire subscale scores and PHQ9 among participants

D- Lit

Knowledge of the psychological symptoms (out of 5)

5

0-5

3.69

1.30

Knowledge about the efectiveness of available treatment methods (out of 5)

5

0-5

1.31

1.01

Knowledge about cognitive-behavioral symptoms (out of 6)

6

0-6

2.65

1.70

Knowledge about taking medications and their side effects (out of 4)

4

0-4

1.54

1.36

Knowledge of the severity of the disease (out of 2)

2

0-2

1.46

0.67

Total Score of D- Li (out of 22)

22

0-22

10.65

4.18

PHQ9

Total_score_PHQ9 (out of 27)

9

0-27

10.17

6.87