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Table 3 Distributions of responses to affectivity scale items (%)

From: Positive and negative affect and oral health-related quality of life

During the last year how often have you felt...

Never

Hardly ever

Occasionally

Fairly often

Very often

annoyed with someone?*

0.9

10.5

57.9

22.7

8.0

very lonely or remote from other people?*

12.5

38.1

34.3

9.4

5.6

that things were going your way?

1.4

9.1

35.9

46.7

6.9

very worried?*

1.9

21.4

46.7

20.6

9.4

pleased because you've got good friends?

1.4

8.6

28.2

39.4

22.5

afraid of what might happen?*

4.8

30.8

41.0

15.3

8.2

particularly excited or interested in something?

0.6

5.8

39.6

42.7

11.3

depressed or very unhappy?*

9.5

36.1

36.8

10.5

7.1

full of energy?

0.8

11.4

37.3

42.7

7.9

really tired?*

0.8

10.8

47.4

29.9

11.1

so restless that you couldn't sit long in a chair?*

10.0

38.0

33.9

13.0

5.1

that you were really enjoying yourself?

0.6

6.8

38.1

45.7

8.7

really cheerful?

0.6

5.3

34.7

49.7

9.7

like crying?*

7.8

43.0

37.4

8.1

3.8

on top of the world?

4.5

19.6

46.7

25.9

3.4

confident about the future?

2.8

12.3

35.0

42.7

7.2

bored?*

13.1

34.8

37.0

12.2

2.9

pleased about having accomplished something?

0.7

3.9

37.8

48.7

8.9

  1. *items 1,2,4,6,8,10,11,14,17 measure negative affect, the remaining items measure positive affect