Table 3 Depressive symptoms status of the healthcare professionals at DCSH, Dessie, Northeast, Ethiopia, 2020 (N = 252)
Characteristics | Not at all | Several Days | More than half the days | Nearly every day | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Little interest or pleasure in doing things | 176 | 69.8 | 47 | 18.7 | 24 | 9.5 | 5 | 2.0 |
Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless | 200 | 79.4 | 43 | 17.1 | 7 | 2.8 | 2 | 0.8 |
Trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much | 178 | 70.6 | 40 | 15.9 | 23 | 9.1 | 11 | 4.4 |
Feeling tired or having little energy | 190 | 75.4 | 31 | 12.3 | 21 | 8.3 | 10 | 4.0 |
Poor appetite or overeating | 195 | 77.4 | 31 | 12.3 | 14 | 5.6 | 12 | 4.8 |
Feeling bad about yourself or that you are a failure or | 217 | 86.1 | 24 | 9.5 | 8 | 3.2 | 3 | 1.2 |
Trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching television | 182 | 72.2 | 34 | 13.5 | 27 | 10.7 | 9 | 3.6 |
Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed. Or the opposite being so | 217 | 86.1 | 24 | 9.5 | 7 | 2.8 | 4 | 1.6 |
Thoughts that you would be better off dead, or of hurting yourself | 228 | 90.5 | 15 | 6.0 | 4 | 1.6 | 5 | 2.0 |