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Table 2 Predictors of no/mild caseness and moderately severe caseness on PHQ-9 with moderate caseness as reference

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

Predictor

Total PHQ-9 (< 10)

Total PHQ_9 (≥ 15)

Odds ratio (95% CI)

P-value

Odds ratio (95% CI)

P-value

Age (years)

0.99 (0.97–1.01)

0.418

0.96 (0.94–0.98)

< 0.001

Prison (reference remand prison D)

 B, remand prison

1.07 (0.69–1.68)

0.753

0.28 (0.18–0.44)

< 0.001

 C, medium term

0.55 (0.27–1.13)

0.102

0.23 (0.12–0.46)

< 0.001

 E, near parole

1.99 (1.24–3.20)

0.004

0.87 (0.57–1.31)

0.492

 F, sex offender

0.79 (0.48–1.30)

0.362

0.28 (0.17–0.44)

< 0.001

Alcohol consumption (high)

1.63 (1.15–2.30)

0.005

1.72 (1.24–2.39)

0.001

  1. B, C, D, E and F refer to prison sites