The assessment of depression awareness and help-seeking behaviour: experiences with the International Depression Literacy Survey

Table 13 Levels of current psychological distress as measured by the K10 and the SPHERE (N = 309*)

		2^nd Year Medical	4^th Year Medical	ANU	Chinese	2^nd vs 4^th Year Medical	ANU vs Chinese
		n = 77	n = 71	n = 35	n = 126	p value	p value
K10	low or no psychological distress %	48	52	55	24
	medium or high psychological distress %	53	48	45	76	0.687	0.002
SPHERE	Any PSYCH-6 disorder %	31	25	26	56	0.547	0.003
	Any SOMA-6 disorder %	26	20	46	56	0.450	0.355

K10 = Kessler Psychological Distress scale, SPHERE = Somatic and Psychological HEalth REport, PSYCH-6 disorder = a total score of two or more for the six SPHERE psychological items indicating strong psychological symptoms, SOMA-6 = a total score of three or more for the six SPHERE somatic items indicating strong somatic symptoms.
* Data were missing for 7% of the valid sample (n = 24/333).

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