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Table 5 GAD reported symptoms experienced during the last 2 weeks

From: Cultural and social factors associated with generalized anxiety disorder among adolescent mothers during the postpartum period in Malawi: a cross-sectional survey

Variable

Not at all

Several days

More than half the days

Nearly everyday

Mean

Standard deviation

Feeling nervous, anxious, or on edge

145 (36.7%)

154 (39%)

65 (16.5%)

31 (7.8%)

0.95

0.92

Not being able to stop or control worrying

120 (30.4%)

171 (43.3%)

73 (18.5%)

31 (7.8%)

1.04

0.896

Worrying too much about different things

99 (25.1%)

154 (39. 0%)

91 (23%)

51 (12.9%)

1.24

0.971

Trouble relaxing

132 (33.4%)

150 (38%)

64 (16.2%)

49 (12.2%)

1.08

0.995

Being so restless that it is hard to sit still

179 (45.3%)

132 (33.4%)

45 (11.4%)

39 (9.9%)

0.86

0.972

Becoming easily annoyed or irritable

116 (29.4%)

154 (39%)

77 (19.5%)

48 (12.2%)

1.14

0.98

Feeling afraid as if something awful might happen

112 (28.4%)

145 (36.7%)

74 (18.7%)

64 (16.2%)

1.23

1.034