Research Article

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

Table 3

Demographic characteristic of participants suspected depression* among all recruited participants.

N = 265
Recruited subjectsNorthern 
(N = 131)
Central 
(N = 494)
Southern 
(N = 718)
Eastern 
(N = 269)
P valueTotal 
(N = 1612)

Number 
(n, %)
21 
16.0%
75 
15.2%
127
17.7%
42
15.6%
0.675265
16.4%
Age, years 
(mean ± SD)
56.4 ± 14.851.4 ± 15.259.7 ± 17.167.8 ± 14.7<0.00158.4 ± 16.8
Sex 
(Female/n, %)
17 
81.0%
43 
58.9%
87 
70.7%
26 
61.9%
0.154173 
66.8%
CES-D score 
(mean ± SD)
25.2 ± 10.623.3 ± 6.622.3 ± 6.025.1 ± 7.80.06723.2 ± 7.0

Defined as CES-D total score ≧16.