Gender Differences in Self-Reported Symptoms of Depression among Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome
Table 2
Proportional comparison of each individual BDI-II question.
BDI-II 21 questions symptom present ≥1
All ()
Females ()
Males ()
value
Q1:Sadness
206 (26.14)
91 (36.69)
115 (21.30)
<0.0001*
Q2:Pessimism
245 (31.05)
86 (34.68)
159 (29.39)
0.1362
Q3:Past failure
174 (22.08)
65 (26.21)
109 (20.19)
0.0583
Q4:Loss pleasure
330 (41.83)
103 (41.53)
227 (41.96)
0.9101
Q5:Guilty feelings
217 (27.57)
79 (31.98)
138 (25.56)
0.0611
Q6:Punish feelings
95 (12.09)
33 (13.36)
62 (11.50)
0.4583
Q7:Self dislike
149 (18.93)
59 (23.98)
90 (16.64)
0.0147*
Q8:Self criticalness
235 (29.90)
72 (29.15)
163 (30.24)
0.7564
Q9:Suicidal whish
47 (5.96)
19 (7.56)
28 (5.18)
0.1708
Q10:Crying
186 (23.66)
90 (36.59)
96 (17.78)
<0.0001*
Q11:Agitation
356 (45.12)
117 (47.18)
239 (44.18)
0.4318
Q12:Loss of interest
235 (29.78)
79 (31.85)
156 (28.84)
0.3893
Q13:Indecisiveness
193 (24.49)
76 (30.77)
117 (21.63)
0.0056*
Q14:Worthless
136 (17.24)
52 (20.97)
84 (15.53)
0.0603
Q15:Loss of energy
579 (73.38)
193 (77.82)
386 (71.35)
0.0561
Q16:Sleep disturbance
453 (57.41)
156 (62.90)
297 (54.90)
0.0348*
Q17:Irritability
295 (37.44)
100 (40.32)
195 (36.11)
0.2566
Q18:Appetite disturbance
313 (39.67)
121 (48.79)
192 (35.49)
0.0004*
Q19:Concentration
330 (41.83)
115 (46.37)
215 (39.74)
0.0797
Q20:Fatigue
565 (71.61)
189 (76.21)
376 (69.50)
0.0523
Q21:Loss Interest Sex
323 (41.09)
128 (51.82)
195 (36.18)
<0.0001*
Note: values in parenthesis are percentages and BDI-II symptoms are considered present with a BDI-II score ≥1 in 0–3 scoring system.
*Statistical significant at level of .
