Table a1 BECK questionnaire

From: The relationship between depression and serum ferritin level

1

0 I do not feel sad.

 

1 I feel sad.

 

2 I am sad all time and I cannot snap out of it .

 

3 I am sad or unhappy that I can't stand it.

2

0 I am not particularly discouraged about the future.

 

1 I feel discouraged about the future.

 

2 I feel I have nothing to look forward to.

 

3 I feel that the future is hopeless and that things cannot improve.

3

0 I do not feel like a failure.

 

1 I feel I have more than the average person.

 

2 As I look back on my life, all I can see is a lot of failures.

 

3 I feel I am a complete failure as a person.

4

0 I get as much satisfaction out of things as I used to.

 

1 I don't enjoy things the way I used to.

 

2 I don't get real satisfaction out of anything anymore.

 

3 I am dissatisfied or bored with everything.

5

0 I don't feel particularly guilty.

 

1 I feel guilty a good part of the time.

 

2 I feel quite guilty most of the time.

 

3 I feel guilty all of the time.

6

0 I don't feel I am being punished.

 

1 I feel I may be punished.

 

2 I expect to be punished.

 

3 I feel I am being punished.

7

0 I don't feel disappointed in myself.

 

1 I am disappointed in myself.

 

2 I am disgusted with myself.

 

3 I hate myself.

8

0 I don't feel I am any worse than anybody else.

 

1 I am critical of myself for my weaknesses or mistakes.

 

2 I blame myself all the time for my faults.

 

3 I blame myself for everything bad that happens.

9

0 I don't have any thoughts of killing myself.

 

1 I have thoughts of killing myself, but I would not carry them out.

 

2 I would like to kill myself.

 

3 I would kill myself if I had the chance.

10

0 I don't cry any more than usual.

 

1 I cry more now than I used to.

 

2 I cry all the time now.

 

3 I used to be able to cry, but now I can't cry even though I want to.

11

0 I am no more irritated now than I ever am.

 

1 I get annoyed or irritated more easily than I used to.

 

2 I feel irritated all the time now.

 

3 I don't get irritated at all by the things that used to irritate me.

12

0 I have not lost interest in other people.

 

1 I am less interested in other people than I used to be.

 

2 I have lost most of my interest in other people.

 

3 I have lost all of my interest in other people.

13

0 I make decisions about as well as I ever could.

 

1 I put off making decisions more than I used to.

 

2 I have greater difficulty in making decisions than before.

 

3 I cannot make decisions at all anymore.

14

0 I don't feel I look any worse than I used to.

 

1 I am worried than I am looking old or unattractive.

 

2 I feel that there are permanent changes in my appearance that make me look unattractive.

 

3 I believe that I look ugly.

15

0 I can work about as well as before.

 

1 It takes an extra effort to get started at doing something.

 

2 I have to push myself very hard to do anything.

 

3 I cannot do anything at all.

16

0 I can sleep as well as usual.

 

1 I don't sleep as well as I used to.

 

2 I wake up 1-2 hours earlier than usual and find it hard to get back to sleep.

 

3 I wake up several hours earlier than I used to and cannot get back to sleep.

17

0 I don't get more tired than usual.

 

1 I get tired more easily than I used to.

 

2 I get tired from doing almost anything.

 

3 I am tired to do anything.

18

0 My appetite is no worse than usual.

 

1 My appetite is no as good as it used to be.

 

2 My appetite is much worse now.

 

3 I have no appetite at all anymore.

19

0 I haven't loss much weight, if any, lately.

 

1 I have lost more than 5 pounds.

 

2 I have lost more than 10 pound.

 

3 I have lost more than 15 pounds.

 

 I am purposely trying to lose weight by

 

 Eating less. Yes——— No ———

20

0 I am no worried about my health than usual.

 

1 I am worried about physical problems such as aches and pains; or upset stomach; or constipation.

 

2 I am very worried about physical problems and it's hard to think of much else.

 

3 I am so worried about my physical problems than I cannot think about anything else.

21

0 I have not noticed any recent change in my interest in sex.

 

1 I am less interested in sex than I used to be.

 

2 I am much less interested in sex now.

 

3 I have lost interest in sex completely.