Research Article

A Community-Based Walk-In Screening of Depression in Taiwan

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of all recruited participants.

N = 1612
NorthernCentral SouthernEasternP valueTotal

Number 
(n, %)
131 
8.1%
494 
30.7%
718 
44.5%
269 
16.7%
1612 
100%
Age, years
(mean ± SD)
65.2 ± 12.358.2 ± 13.763.0 ± 14.869.8 ± 11.9<0.00162.9 ± 14.4
Sex 
(Female/n, %)
95 
72.5%
320 
67.1%
484 
69.6%
186 
69.1%
0.6341085 
69.0%
CES-D score 
(mean ± SD)
7.1 ± 9.76.8 ± 8.57.8 ± 8.45.8 ± 9.40.0127.1 ± 8.7