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

Table 3

Correlations of Stagnation Scale total score and three subscales with PHQ-9 total score and each depression symptom (n = 117).

PHQ-9 items	Stagnation total	Stagnation Subscale
		Body-mind obstruction	Affect-posture inhibition	Over-attachment
(1) Anhedonia
(2) Depressed mood
(3) Sleep disturbance
(4) Low energy
(5) Appetite/weight
(6) Guilt/worthless
(7) Concentration
(8) Psychomotor change
(9) Thoughts of death
PHQ-9 total

Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).