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Table 3 Mental health status by severity of depressive symptoms

From: Depression among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus, US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2005–2012

Characteristic

PHQ-9 depression score

Overall

0–4

5–9

10–14

15–27

Missing

 

None/minimal

Mild

Moderate

Moderately severe/Severe

  

Difficulty with work, life, people due to depressive symptoms, %

      

 Not at all

48.0

56.5

37.6

22.3

2.8

43.4

 Somewhat

9.5

39.6

42.1

22.2

1.4

16.5

 Very

0.8

2.8

17.0

31.6

0.4

3.4

 Extreme

0.2

1.1

3.3

23.2

0.5

1.5

 Missing

41.6

0.0

0.0

0.7

94.9

35.2

Suicidal ideation, %

      

 Not at all

99.5

90.4

83.9

55.6

6.2

86.3

 Several days

0.5

8.9

14.4

13.9

0.7

3.4

 More than half the days

0

0.3

0.8

11.1

0.2

0.6

 Nearly every day

0

0.4

0.9

19.4

0

0.9

 Missing

0

0

0

0

92.9

8.8

# of days mental health not good during the past 30 days

      

 Mean (s.e.)

2.0 (0.2)

6.9 (0.6)

13.4 (1.3)

19.5 (1.3)

5.4 (1.4)

4.6 (0.3)

 Categories, %

      

  < 15 days

94.4

80.5

53.6

30.5

21.4

79.9

  > =15 and < =30

5.5

19.4

46.4

68.2

4.0

13.0

  Missing

0.1

0.1

0.0

1.3

74.6

7.2

# of days physical health not good during the past 30 days

      

 Mean (s.e.)

3.9 (0.3)

8.7 (0.8)

16.1 (1.3)

18.9 (1.3)

6.3 (1.4)

6.4 (0.3)

 Categories, %

      

  < 15 days

89.0

73.9

46.8

36.6

20.8

75.1

  > =15 and < =30

10.8

26.1

53.2

62.9

5.4

17.8

  Missing

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.5

73.8

7.1

# of days during the past 30 days, poor physical/mental health kept from doing usual activities, such as self-care, work, school or recreation

      

 Mean (set 77, 99 = .)

1.8 (0.2)

5.2 (0.7)

11.8 (1.4)

15.4 (1.7)

6.7 (1.8)

3.9 (0.3)

 Categories, %

      

  < 15 days

94.9

84.0

63.2

43.0

19.8

81.7

  > =15 and < =30

4.9

15.9

36.8

55.3

6.4

11.1

  Missing

0.2

0.1

0.0

1.7

73.8

7.2

Seen mental health professional past 12 months, %

9.1

7.4

12.6

14.0

8.4

9.2

Antidepressants, %

14.1

24.9

42.2

49.4

18.1

19.6

 SSRI, %

8.9

15.6

24.2

31.5

11.2

12.2

 SSNRI, %

2.1

2.8

10.7

9.0

4.7

3.3

 Duloxetine, %

1.0

0.3

1.1

0.0

0.9

0.8

 TCA, %

2.3

5.5

8.1

10.1

1.2

3.4

 Miscellaneous, %

3.5

3.3

8.1

11.7

4.1

4.1

 -OPD, %

7.6

5.8

7.0

6.8

4.2

6.9

  1. SSRI selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, SSNRI serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, TCA tricyclic antidepressants, Miscellaneous antidepressants include bupropion, vilazodone, maprotiline, mirtazapine, nefazodone and trazodone. -OPD: excluding antidepressants that are also approved for other psychiatric disorders: SSRIs escitalopram, fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, paroxetine, sertraline, and SSNRI venlafaxine