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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics

From: Validation of the Chinese version of the PHQ-15 in a tertiary hospital

Variable

PHQ-15 score (n = 1329)

PHQ-15 score <10 (n = 960)

PHQ-15 score ≥10 (n = 369)

t/Chi 2 (df) p

Age

 Mean (SD)

53.76 (16.21)

53.56 (16.02)

54.26 (16.25)

−0.700 (1320) 0.484

Gender

 Male

58.1 %

60.0 %

53.0 %

5.370 (1) 0.020

 Female

41.9 %

40.0 %

47.0 %

Marital status

 Unmarried

9.1 %

9.6 %

7.9 %

2.233 (1) 0.525

 Married

87.8 %

87.8 %

88.3 %

 Divorced

1.1 %

0.9 %

1.6 %

 Widowed

1.9 %

1.8 %

2.2 %

Race

 Han

95.5 %

4.2 %

5.2 %

0.603 (1) 0.437

 Others

4.5 %

95.8 %

94.8 %

Education level

 Elementary school

2.1 %

2.0 %

2.5 %

14.958 (5) 0.011

 Junior high school

16.4 %

14.3 %

21.9 %

 High school or secondary technical school

26.6 %

26.3 %

27.7 %

 College

23.8 %

24.9 %

20.8 %

 Undergraduate

17.5 %

17.9 %

16.4 %

 Graduate and above

13.6 %

14.6 %

10.7 %

Income

 5000 yuan and below

14.1 %

12.8 %

17.5 %

14.717 (5) 0.012

 5000–9999 yuan

13.2 %

12.0 %

16.1 %

 10,000–29,999 yuan

16.2 %

15.5 %

18.0 %

 30,000–49,999 yuan

21.1 %

22.0 %

18.9 %

 50,000–99,999 yuan

20.8 %

22.6 %

16.3 %

 100,000 yuan and above

14.6 %

15.1 %

13.2 %

  1. All percentages correspond to the n shown at the top of the given column