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Table 2 Number (%) of patients with main diagnosis according to the primary care physician and the HADS categories, and agreement between the physician and HADS

From: Antidepressant treatment and cultural differences - a survey of the attitudes of physicians and patients in Sweden and Turkey

Diagnostic method

Sweden (n = 107)

Turkey (n = 353)

P-value

Physician diagnosis, n (%)

Depression alone

53 (52.0%)

155 (45.2%)

 
 

Depression + anxiety

46 (45.1%)

158 (46.1%)

0.104

 

Anxiety alone

3 (2.9%)

30 (8.7%)

 

HADS diagnosis, n (%)

Depression alone

4 (4.0%)

56 (16.7%)

 
 

Depression + anxiety

43 (43.4%)

176 (52.5%)

<0.001

 

Anxiety alone

33 (33.3%)

65 (19.4%)

 
 

Non-assigned

19 (19.2%)

38 (11.3%)

 

Physician-HADS agreement, n (%)

Same diagnosis

33 (35.1%)

162 (49.8%)

0.014

  1. Abbreviations: HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
  2. P-values from tests of equal prevalence (Fisher Exact test)