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Table 2 Prevalence of depressive symptoms and suicide related ideation

From: Cross-sectional survey of depressive symptoms and suicide-related ideation at a Japanese national university during the COVID-19 stay-home order

 

All (n=2449)

Male (n=1309)

Female (n=1121)

n (%)

95% CI

n (%)

95% CI

n (%)

95% CI

PHQ-9

 None (0-4)

1602 (65.4%)

63.5-67.3%

904 (69.1%)

66.5-71.6%

682 (60.8%)

57.9-63.7%

 Mild (5-9)

564 (23.0%)

21.3-24.8%

258 (20.0%)

17.6-22.0%

304 (27.1%)

24.5-29.8%

 Moderate (10-14)

191 (7.8%)

6.8-8.9%

98 (7.5%)

6.1-9.1%

93 (8.3%)

6.8-10.1%

 Moderately severe (15-19)

57 (2.3%)

1.8-3.0%

30 (2.3%)

1.6-3.3%

26 (2.3%)

1.5-3.4%

 Severe (≥20)

35 (1.4%)

1.0-2.0%

19 (1.5%)

0.9-2.3%

16 (1.4%)

0.8-2.3%

 Moderate~severe (10−)

283 (11.6%)

10.3-12.9%

147 (11.2%)

9.6-13.1%

135 (12.0%)

10.2-14.1%

 Suicide-related ideation

162 (6.7%)

5.7-7.7%

88 (6.7%)

5.4-8.2%

73 (6.6%)

5.2-8.2%

 Severe suicide-related ideation

45 (1.9%)

1.4-2.5%

21 (1.6%)

1.0-2.5%

24 (2.2%)

1.4-3.2%