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Table 2 Overview of mental health outcomes in questionnaires at baseline and after 6 and 12 months

From: Improving mental health in chronic care in general practice: study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial of the Healthy Mind intervention

Questionnaire

Number of items

Range

Cut-off values

Measure

PHQ-9a

9

0–27

0–5: no depression

5–10: mild depression

10–15: moderate depression

15–20: moderately severe depression

 > 20: severe depression

Depressive symptoms

GAD-7a

7

0–21

0–4: minimal anxiety

5–9: mild anxiety

10–14: moderate anxiety

 > 15: severe anxiety

Anxiety symptoms

PAID-5b

5

0–20

 > 7: elevated diabetes distress

Diabetes distress

WHO-5c

5

0–100

 < 50: impaired mental well-being

Mental well-being

  1. a4-point Likert scale (0 = not at all; 3 = nearly all of the time)
  2. b5-point Likert scale (0 = not a problem; 4 = serious problem)
  3. c6-point Likert scale from (0 = none of the time; 5 = all of the time)