Table 4 Results of screening for depression, somatoform disorder or generalized anxiety disorder
From: Do general practice patients with and without appointment differ? Cross-sectional study
Symptoms/disorder - instrument (n missing) | Patients without appointment (n = 251) | Patients with appointment (n = 250) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Metric analysis (scores) | |||
Depressive symptoms - PHQ-9 (34) | 5.2 (4.9) | 5.0 (4.8) | 0.64 |
Somatoform symptoms - PHQ-15 (34) | 6.8 (5.2) | 6.8 (4.8) | 0.96 |
Somatic symptom disorder – SSD-12 (39) | 11.6 (8.7) | 11.3 (9.3) | 0.43 |
Generalized anxiety symptoms - GAD-7 (70) | 4.1 (4.3) | 3.7 (3.9) | 0.32 |
Categorical analysis | |||
Major depression - PHQ-9 (34) | 19 (8%) | 17 (7%) | 0.731 |
Minor depression - PHQ-9 (34) | 30 (13%) | 9 (4%) | < 0.001 |
Somatoform disorder - PHQ-15 (70) | 34 (16%) | 34 (16%) | 1.00 |
Generalized anxiety disorder - GAD-7 (34) | 24 (10%) | 21 (9%) | 0.64 |
At least one mental disorder suspected* | 71 (28%) | 52 (21%) | 0.06 |