Research Article
Chronic and Recurrent Depression in Primary Care: Socio-Demographic Features, Morbidity, and Costs
Table 3
Severity of functional impairment by diagnostic group.
| | Diagnosis | | Chronic major depression () | Recurrent depression () | Dysthymia () | Total () |
| | WSAS total score |
| | Mean (SD) | 24.97 (9.7) | 21.41 (9.4) | 20.38 (8.4) | 22.3 (9.5) | | Range | 0–40 | 0–40 | 3–38 | 0–40 |
| | WSAS impairment severity |
| | Subclinical impairment | 11 (6.7%) | 40 (13.5%) | 10 (11.4%) | 61 (11.2%) | | Significant impairment | 39 (23.9%) | 84 (28.4%) | 29 (33.0%) | 152 (27.8%) | | Moderately severe or worse impairment | 113 (69.3%) | 172 (58.1%) | 49 (55.7%) | 334 (61.1%) |
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