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Table 3 One month Prevalence of mental distress symptoms among Wollo University regular undergraduate students, Dessie, Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 548)

From: Socio-demographic and substance-related factors associated with mental distress among Wollo university students: institution-based cross-sectional study

No

Feeling symptom domain in the past 4 weeks (Kessler-10 elements)

Frequency (%) of participants with the symptom

All of the time (score 5)

Most of the time (score 4)

Some of the time (score 3)

A little of the time (score 2)

None of the time (score 1)

1

About how often did you feel tired out for no good reason?

28 (5.1%)

66 (12%)

136 (24.5%)

167 (30.5%)

151 (27.6%)

2

About how often did you feel nervous?

19 (3.5%)

58 (10.6%)

145 (26.5%)

147 (26.8%)

179 (32.7%)

3

About how often did you feel so nervous that nothing could calm you down?

24 (4.4%)

50 (9.1%)

112 (20.4%)

152 (27.7%)

210 (38.3%)

4

About how often did you feel hopeless?

26 (4.8%)

45 (8.2%)

102 (18.6%)

159 (29.0%)

216 (39.4%)

5

About how often did you feel restless or fidgety?

33 (6%)

77 (14.1%)

118 (21.5%)

153 (27.9%)

167 (30.5%)

6

About how often did you feel so restless you could not sit still?

28 (5.1%)

63 (11.5%)

130 (23.7%)

136 (24.8%)

191 (34.9%)

7

About how often did you feel depressed?

22 (4%)

72 (13.1%)

123 (22.4%)

175 (31.9%)

156 (28.5%)

8

About how often did you feel that everything was an effort?

62 (11.3%)

112 (20.4%)

118 (21.5%)

117 (21.4%)

139 (25.4%)

9

About how often did you feel so sad that nothing could cheer you up?

8 (1.5%)

53 (9.7%)

123 (22.4%)

200 (36.5%)

164 (29.9%)

10

About how often did you feel worthless?

25 (4.6%)

63 (11.5%)

101 (18.4%)

159 (29%)

200 (36.5%)