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Table 1 Sociodemographic, sentence, prison, family history and QRISK2 variables with caseness for depression and anxiety

From: Screening male prisoners for depression and anxiety with the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 at NHS Healthcheck: patterns of symptoms and caseness threshold

 

PHQ-9

GAD-7

< 10 (N = 752)

≥10 to < 15 (N = 204)

≥15 (N = 249)

p-value

< 10 (N = 827)

≥10 to < 15 (N = 161)

≥15 (N = 217)

p-value

Age Mean (sd)

44.4(8.1)

43.6 (6.7)

42.2 (5.8)

< 0.001

45.9 (8.5)

42.7 (6.3)

43.1 (7.0)

< 0.001

 Missing

0

0

0

 

0

0

0

 

Ethnicity

   

0.608

   

0.251

 White

604 (80.6)

171 (83.8)

212 (85.5)

 

673 (81.7)

131 (81.9)

183 (84.3)

 

 Black

31 (4.1)

8 (3.9)

7 (2.8)

 

29 (3.5)

11 (6.9)

6 (2.8)

 

 Asian

49 (6.5)

9 (4.4)

10 (4.0)

 

53 (6.4)

6 (3.8)

9 (4.2)

 

 Mixed/ Other

65 (8.7)

16 (7.5)

19 (7.7)

 

69 (8.4)

12 (7.5)

19 (8.8)

 

 Missing

3

0

1

 

3

1

0

 

Sentence Length (Years)

   

0.046

   

0.005

 < 1

142 (30.9)

33 (28.0)

51 (35.2)

 

143 (28.0)

47 (48.5)

37 (31.9)

 

 1–2

76 (16.5)

35 (29.7)

33 (22.8)

 

99 (19.4)

14 (14.4)

31 (26.7)

 

 2–3

53 (11.5)

12 (10.2)

11 (7.6)

 

61 (11.9)

6 (6.2)

9 (7.8)

 

 3–4

41 (8.9)

7 (5.9)

7 (4.8)

 

42 (8.2)

5 (5.2)

8 (6.9)

 

 4+

148 (32.2)

31 (26.3)

43 (29.7)

 

166 (32.5)

25 (25.8)

31 (26.7)

 

 Missing

292

86

104

 

316

64

101

 

IMD

   

0.311

   

0.299

 1–2

201 (27.4)

52 (26.5)

87 (35.7)

 

221 (27.5)

49 (31.4)

70 (32.9)

 

 3–4

123 (16.8)

34 (17.4)

49 (20.1)

 

136 (16.9)

25 (16.0)

45 (21.1)

 

 5–6

53 (7.2)

15 (7.7)

16 (6.6)

 

55 (6.8)

14 (9.0)

15 (7.0)

 

 7–8

62 (8.5)

17 (8.7)

15 (6.2)

 

67 (8.3)

9 (5.8)

18 (8.5)

 

 9–10

26 (3.6)

5 (2.6)

6 (2.5)

 

30 (3.7)

3 (1.9)

4 (1.9)

 

 No fixed address

268 (36.6)

73 (37.2)

71 (29.1)

 

295 (36.7)

56 (35.9)

61 (28.6)

 

 Missing

19

8

5

 

23

5

4

 

Prison

   

< 0.001

   

< 0.001

 A, life sentence

15 (2.0)

2 (1.0)

8 (3.2)

 

18 (2.2)

0 (0.0)

7 (3.2)

 

 B, remand prison

212 (28.2)

58 (28.4)

38 (15.3)

 

191 (23.1)

50 (31.1)

32 (14.8)

 

 C, medium term

74 (9.8)

11 (5.4)

11 (4.4)

 

76 (9.2)

10 (6.2)

9 (4.2)

 

 D, remand prison

163 (21.7)

43 (21.1)

105 (42.2)

 

218 (26.4)

63 (39.1)

107 (49.3)

 

 E, < 6 months to parole

103 (13.7)

53 (26.0)

59 (23.7)

 

122 (14.8)

20 (12.4)

35 (16.1)

 

 F, sex offenders

185 (24.6)

37 (18.1)

28 (11.2)

 

201 (24.3)

18 (11.2)

27 (12.4)

 

 Missing

0

0

0

 

0

0

0

 

Family History

   

< 0.001

   

0.112

 Yes

343 (48.8)

66 (35.1)

89 (39.2)

 

410 (53.4)

91 (61.1)

119 (59.2)

 

 No

360 (51.2)

122 (64.9)

138 (60.8)

 

358 (46.6)

58 (38.9)

82 (40.8)

 

 Missing

49

16

22

 

59

12

16

 

Smoking status

   

< 0.001

   

< 0.001

 Yes

593 (78.9)

27 (86.8)

19 (92.4)

 

658 (79.6)

143 (88.8)

199 (91.7)

 

 No

159 (21.1)

177 (13.2)

230 (7.6)

 

169 (20.4)

18 (11.2)

18 (8.3)

 

 Missing

0

0

0

 

0

0

0

 

Alcohol consumption Median (IQR)

3 (0.0–8.0)

5 (0.0–13.0)

4 (0.0–18.3)

< 0.001

3 (0.0–8.3)

4 (0.0–17.0)

4 (0.0–19.3)

0.002

 Missing

8

1

1

 

7

2

3

 

Height (M) Mean (sd)

1.76 (0.1)

1.77 (0.1)

1.78 (0.1)

0.036

1.77 (0.1)

1.76 (0.1)

1.78 (0.1)

0.197

 Missing

5

2

2

 

6

2

1

 

Weight (kg) Mean (sd)

84.37 (15.3)

84.40 (17.2)

81.87 (16.2)

0.048

84.60 (15.5)

82.49 (16.0)

82.03 (16.7)

0.018

 Missing

2

2

0

 

4

0

0

 

BMI

   

0.046

   

0.045

< 25

275 (36.6)

83 (41.1)

116 (47.0)

 

303 (36.8)

67 (41.9)

104 (48.1)

 

≥25 < 30

304 (40.5)

70 (34.7)

84 (34.0)

 

328 (39.8)

59 (36.9)

71 (32.9)

 

≥30

172 (22.9)

49 (24.3)

47 (19.0)

 

193 (23.4)

34 (21.2)

41 (19.0)

 

 Missing

1

2

2

 

3

1

1

 

Waist (cm) Mean (sd)

93.71 (12.0)

94.42 (13.0)

91.20 (11.6)

0.020

94.23 (12.0)

91.00 (11.5)

91.78 (12.0)

0.002

 Missing

59

15

10

 

65

8

11

 

QRISK2 Score

   

0.015

   

0.008

 < 10%

668 (88.8)

177 (86.8)

235 (94.4)

 

730 (88.3)

143 (88.8)

207 (95.4)

 

 ≥10%

84 (11.2)

27 (13.3)

14 (5.6)

 

97 (11.70)

18 (11.2)

10 (4.6)

 

 Missing

0

0

0

 

0

0

0

 

Exercise status

   

< 0.001

   

< 0.001

 Active

318 (44.6)

74 (38.0)

56 (23.1)

 

346 (44.2)

46 (29.7)

56 (26.3)

 

 Moderately active

132 (18.5)

31 (15.9)

39 (16.1)

 

139 (17.8)

28 (18.1)

35 (16.4)

 

 Moderately inactive

93 (13.0)

22 (11.3)

38 (15.6)

 

101 (12.9)

19 (12.3)

33 (15.5)

 

 Inactive

170 (23.8)

68 (34.9)

110 (45.3)

 

197 (25.2)

62 (40.0)

89 (41.8)

 

 Missing

39

9

6

 

20

6

28

 

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) Mean (sd)

77.60 (11.6)

78.19 (10.8)

78.18 (11.6)

0.428

77.87 (11.6)

77.62 (11.1)

77.79 (11.2)

0.883

 Missing

0

0

0

 

0

0

0

 

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) Mean (sd)

126.40 (15.1)

125.45 (14.8)

124.14 (16.8)

0.043

126.05 (15.3)

126.66 (15.0)

124.08 (16.1)

0.157

 Missing

1

0

0

 

1

0

0

 

Serum creatinine (umol/L) Mean (sd)

80.95 (12.5)

80.38 (11.6)

77.74 (12.2)

0.026

80.64 (12.3)

80.70 (12.9)

77.98 (12.0)

0.100

 Missing

426

125

145

 

456

107

133

 

HbA1c mmol/mol Mean (sd)

37.06 (8.4)

37.84 (9.0)

36.13 (4.6)

0.607

37.14 (8.3)

38.17 (9.8)

35.65 (4.5)

0.356

 Missing

489

137

186

 

196

121

497

 

HDL cholesterol (mmol/L) Mean (sd)

1.20 (0.3)

1.16 (0.3)

1.17 (0.3)

0.380

1.19 (0.3)

1.19 (0.4)

1.16 (0.2)

0.545

 Missing

454

126

164

 

486

114

144

 

Plasma glucose level (mmol/L) Mean (sd)

5.04 (1.0)

5.16 (0.8)

5.12 (0.7)

0.508

5.02 (0.7)

5.50 (1.9)

5.06 (0.8)

0.464

 Missing

612

176

199

 

669

140

178

 
  1. PHQ-9 < 10 = no/mild depression, > 10 to < 15 = moderate depression, > 15 moderately severe or severe depression; GAD-7 < 10 = no/mild/moderate anxiety, > 10 to < 15 = moderately severe anxiety, > 15 = severe anxiety