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

Table 1

Demographic characteristics and the mean scores for Stagnation Scale and PHQ-9.

Demographic Variables	N	Percentage	Mean ± SD
			PHQ-9	Stagnation
Age (Mean ± SD)	117	48.5 ± 8.7	10.6 ± 4.7	82.1 ± 24.9
Gender
Female	95	81.4	10.5 ± 4.5	81.2 ± 24.6
Male	22	18.6	11.0 ± 5.4	86.2 ± 25.9
Marital Status
Single	29	24.6	10.4 ± 4.4	86.3 ± 24.0
Married/cohabiting	72	61.9	10.3 ± 4.9	80.4 ± 25.3
Divorced/separated	9	7.6	13.2 ± 4.5	84.6 ± 32.2
Widow	7	5.9	10.9 ± 2.6	79.7 ± 13.1
Employment
Full-time	65	55.9	10.1 ± 4.0	84.4 ± 25.0
Part-time	12	11	13.1 ± 4.5	90.3 ± 23.5
Retired	9	7.6	12.8 ± 6.9	78.9 ± 20.6
Homemaker	25	20.3	9.8 ± 5.3	72.7 ± 27.1
Unemployed	6	5.1	11.8 ± 3.3	85.0 ± 14.4
Education Level
Primary school	6	5.1	12.2 ± 3.9	91.5 ± 13.3
Middle school	20	17.1	11.0 ± 5.7	77.2 ± 29.7
High school	31	26.5	11.0 ± 5.1	80.7 ± 29.4
College or above	60	51.3	10.1 ± 4.2	83.4 ± 21.4
Income (HK$)
None	33	28	10.7 ± 5.6	76.8 ± 26.6
<$10,000	14	11.9	13.3 ± 4.5	90.6 ± 23.1
$10,000-$19,999	19	16.1	10.8 ± 4.3	80.0 ± 21.9
$20,000-$39,999	25	21.2	10.1 ± 3.9	79.9 ± 27.2
≥ $40,000	26	22.9	9.4 ± 4.1	87.7 ± 22.4