Improving Knowledge and Attitudes towards Depression: a controlled trial among Chinese medical students

BMC Psychiatry

Table 4 Proportion of students nominating common behaviours or experiences for a person with depression (N = 113) *

		DT (n = 48)				DT and SDL (n = 65)
		Baseline	FU1	FU2	FU3	Baseline	FU1	FU2	FU3
		n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
1	Suicidal thoughts or behaviour	37 (77.1)	27 (56.2) ^c	26 (54.2) ^b	26 (54.2) ^c	38 (58.5)	39 (60.0)	30 (46.2)	38 (58.5)
2	Having relationship or family problem	31 (64.6)	29 (60.4)	29 (60.4)	31 (64.6)	44 (67.7)	40 (61.5)	43 (66.2)	48 (73.8)
3	Cannot concentrate or have difficulty thinking	19 (39.6)	26 (54.2)	34 (70.8) ^d	20 (41.7)	34 (52.3)	46 (70.8) ^a	47 (72.3) ^a	47 (72.3) ^a
4	Stop going out	13 (27.1)	10 (20.8)	10 (20.8)	10 (20.8)	18 (27.7)	15 (23.1)	9 (13.8) ^a	5 (7.7) ^c
5	Withdraw from close family and friends	19 (39.6)	15 (31.2)	12 (25.0)	20 (41.7)	15 (23.1)	12 (18.5)	6 (9.2) ^a	7 (10.8)

* Only the students who nominated three or four common behaviours or experiences at each time point were included in this analysis. These were the top five common behaviours or experiences for a person with depression that were nominated by students at baseline.
^a P < 0.05 compared with baseline
^b P < 0.01 compared with baseline
^c P < 0.005 compared with baseline
^d P < 0.001 compared with baseline

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