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Table 2 Proportion of major depressive disorder (MDD) among participants with clinician-diagnosed depression across depression severity indicators

From: Respondents’ report of a clinician-diagnosed depression in health surveys: comparison with DSM-IV mental disorders in the general adult population in Germany

 

Participants with a clinician-diagnosed depression in the past 12 months (n = 249)

12-month MDD

No 12-month MDD

    
 

Row

%(w) (95%CI)

Row

%(w) (95%CI)

Bivariate OR (95%CI)

p

Adjusted ORa(95% CI)

p

Any comorbid mental disorderb (N = 171)

48.0 (37.0–59.2)

52.0 (40.8–63.0)

6.4 (2.4–17.2)

<0.001

5.8 (2.2–15.3)

<0.001

No comorbid mental disorder (N = 78)

12.6 (5.9–25.0)

87.4 (75.0–94.1)

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

Current depressive symptomsc(N = 64)

63.4 (46.9–77.3)

36.6 (22.7–53.1)

4.6 (2.3–9.5)

<0.001

4.6 (2.2–9.5)

<0.001

No current depressive symptoms (N = 185)

27.2 (19.5–36.6)

72.8 (63.4–80.5)

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

Affirmed suicide itemd (N = 52)

63.9 (45.5–79.0)

36.1 (21.0–54.5)

4.2 (1.7–10.0)

0.002

4.1 (1.7–10.1)

0.002

Suicide item not affirmed (N = 197)

29.8 (21.4–40.0)

70.2 (60.0–78.6)

Ref.

 

Ref.

 
  1. a adjusted for sex and age
  2. b dysthymia, bipolar disorder I and II, panic disorder, agoraphobia, generalized anxiety disorder, social phobia, specific phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder, PTSD, pain disorder, undifferentiated somatoform disorder, alcohol and medication abuse and dependence, possible psychotic disorders (screening without further differential diagnosis), anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, mental disorder due to general medical conditions or substance induced disorders
  3. c PHQ-9 current depressive symptoms (sum score ≥10) in DEGS1 and DEGS1-MH
  4. d PHQ-9 suicide item affirmed (at least several days) in DEGS1 and DEGS1-MH