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Table 2 Definition of feelings of anxiety and depressive feelings

From: Which medical interview skills are associated with patients’ verbal indications of undisclosed feelings of anxiety and depressive feelings?

Feelings of anxiety

The state of feeling nervous or worried that something bad is going to happen

Linguistic expressions: scary, sleepless, anorexic, get scared, something wrong, apprehensive about, painful, concerned about, etc.

Depressive feelings

Unhappy, disappointed, or suicidal feelings

Linguistic expressions: despair, feel like dying, boring, not fun, unhappy, not interesting in something, etc.