Statement Initial survey
Agree or strongly agree
Follow-up survey
Agree or strongly agree
N % N %
Depression and stress are much the same thing 6 /36 17% 1/21 5% *
People with depression never fully recover 14 /36 39% 6/21 29%
People with depression are unreliable 13 /35 37% 4/21 19%
People with depression should pull themselves together 6/37 16% 3/21 14%
People with depression can’t be trusted in positions of high responsibility 9 /37 24% 5/21 24%
*p=0.03
Table 3: Attitudes to depression and those experiencing depression- initial and follow-up surveys.