Table 2 Depressed and the non-depressed patients' self-evaluation of their health assessed by the SF-12
Answers | Non-depression | Depression | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | ||
Health in general | |||
Excellent | 25 (3) | 3 (1) | 0.000 a |
Very good | 139 (16) | 21 (9) | |
Good | 289 (34) | 53 (23) | |
Fair | 302 (35) | 101 (45) | |
Poor | 106 (12) | 50 (22) | |
Accomplished less as a result of problems of physical health | 389 (45) | 154 (67) | 0.000 a |
Limitation in work as a result of problems of physical health | 423 (49) | 165 (72) | 0.000 a |
Accomplished less as a result of emotional problems | 396 (46) | 172 (75) | 0.000 a |
Less careful than usual as a result of emotional problems | 301 (35) | 141 (61) | 0.000 a |
Normal work interfered with by pain | |||
Not at all | 283 (33) | 43 (19) | 0.000 a |
Slightly | 262 (30) | 59 (26) | |
Moderately | 130 (15) | 37 (16) | |
Quite a bit | 135 (16) | 49 (21) | |
Extremely | 53 (6) | 42 (18) | |
Limitations as moving a table due to health | |||
Limited a lot | 47 (5) | 21 (9) | 0.005 a |
Limited a little | 168 (20) | 61 (27) | |
Not limited at all | 649 (75) | 148 (64) | |
Limitations in climbing several stairs due to health | |||
Limited a lot | 68 (8) | 27 (12) | 0.023 a |
Limited a little | 231 (27) | 74 (32) | |
Not limited at all | 565 (65) | 128 (56) | |
Social activities interfered with by health | |||
All of the time | 23 (3) | 12 (5) | 0.000 a |
Most of the time | 94 (11) | 43 (19) | |
Some of the time | 201 (23) | 57 (25) | |
A little of the time | 214 (25) | 61 (26) | |
None of the time | 332 (38) | 57 (25) |