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Table 5 Signs or symptoms typifying a person with depression as nominated by Australian students (N = 394*)

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

 

2nd Year Medical

4th Year Medical

ANU

Chinese

2nd vs 4th Year Medical

ANU vs Chinese

 

n = 103

n = 82

n = 37

n = 172

p valuea

p valuea

Being sad, down or miserable %

71

82

46

50

0.125

0.790

Sleep disturbance %

60

79

38

21

0.009

0.048

Being unhappy or depressed %

54

55

35

31

1.000

0.750

Feeling tired all the time %

31

55

38

24

0.002

0.121

Thinking "Life is not worth living" %

33

29

35

32

0.700

0.858

Thinking "I'm worthless" %

40

34

19

29

0.524

0.292

Thinking "I'm a failure" %

43

11

24

31

< 0.001

0.514

Having no confidence %

29

16

32

29

0.051

0.835

Feeling frustrated %

7

1

22

37

0.137

0.105

Feeling overwhelmed %

28

13

51

11

0.025

< 0.001

  1. a Adjusted alpha = 0.05/10 = 0.005.
  2. * Data were missing for 3% of the valid sample (n = 13/407).