Major Depression in Chinese Medicine Outpatients with Stagnation Syndrome: Prevalence and the Impairments in Well-Being

Table 2

Percentage of patients with differential depression levels over total sample and the stagnation mean score in each group (n = 117).

Level of depression symptoms	Definition	Percentage	Stagnation total mean (SD)
Minimal	PHQ-9 = 1-4	7.7%	46.1(16.1)
Mild	PHQ-9 = 5-9	39.3%	75.8(21.3)
Moderate	PHQ-9 = 10-14	30.8%	84.6(19.1)
Moderate severe	PHQ-9 = 15-19	17.1%	100.4(21.0)
Severe	PHQ-9 = 20-27	5.1%	108.8(28.1)
Total		100%	82.1(24. 9)
Major depression	Presence of 5 or more symptoms, and either depressed mood or anhedonia must be included	26.5%	101.4(21.4)