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Table 2 Results of PHQ-9 and GAD-7 tests

From: Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression within the UNiversity community: the cross-sectional UN-SAD study

 

Senior academics

(N = 146)

Junior academics

(N = 109)

Administrative staff

(N = 111)

Overall

(N = 366)

p-value

PHQ-9, n (%)

 None

62 (42.5)

26 (23.9)

38 (34.2)

126 (34.4)

 < 0.001

 Mild

63 (43.2)

40 (36.7)

43 (38.7)

146 (39.9)

 Moderate

14 (9.6)

31 (28.4)

24 (21.6)

69 (18.9)

 Moderately severe

7 (4.8)

7 (6.4)

6 (5.4)

20 (5.5)

 Severe

0 (0.0)

5 (4.6)

0 (0.0)

5 (1.4)

Depressive symptoms, n (%; 95%CI)

 Low-risk

125 (85.6; 79.0–91.4)

66 (60.6; 51.2–69.2)

81 (73.0; 64.1–80.4)

272 (74.3; 69.6–78.5)

 < 0.001

 High-risk

21 (14.4; 9.6–21.0)

43 (39.4; 30.8–48.8)

30 (27.0; 19.6–35.9)

94 (25.7; 21.5–30.4)

GAD-7, n (%)

 

 None

73 (50.0)

34 (31.2)

40 (36.0)

147 (40.2)

 < 0.001

 Mild

51 (34.9)

39 (35.8)

46 (41.4)

136 (37.2)

 Moderate

17 (11.6)

23 (21.1)

20 (18.0)

60 (16.4)

 Severe

5 (3.4)

13 (11.9)

5 (4.5)

23 (6.3)

Anxiety symptoms, n (%; 95%CI)

 Low-risk

124 (84.9; 78.2–89.8)

73 (67.0; 57.7–75.1)

86 (77.5; 68.9–84.3)

283 (77.3; 72.8–81.3)

0.003

 High-risk

22 (15.1; 10.2–21.8)

36 (33.0; 24.9–42.3)

25 (22.5; 15.7–31.1)

83 (22.7; 18.7–27.2)