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Table 3 SDQ Predicted Diagnoses and Clinical DAWBA Diagnoses among 286 patients in the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services North Study, Norway, 2006-2008

From: The strengths and difficulties questionnaire as a screening instrument for norwegian child and adolescent mental health services, application of UK scoring algorithms

 

SDQ - 'possible'

SDQ - 'probable'

DAWBA diagnoses

 

All agesa

Childb

Youthc

χ2

All agesa

Childb

Youthc

χ2

All agesa

Childb

Youthc

χ2

Any disorder

255 (89%)

117 (91%)

138 (87%)

1.21

207 (72%)

94 (73%)

113 (72%)

0.13

188 (66%)

76 (59%)

112 (71%)

4.16*

Emotional disorders

164 (57%)

61 (50%)

103 (65%)

8.89**

70 (25%)

19 (15%)

51 (32%)

11.63**

98 (34%)

24 (19%)

74 (47%)

24.76**

Hyperactivity disorders

181 (63%)

87 (68%)

94 (60%)

2.19

85 (30%)

50 (39%)

35 (22%)

9.68**

51 (18%)

33 (26%)

18 (11%)

9.99**

Conduct disorders

168 (59%)

83 (65%)

85 (54%)

3.56

123 (40%)

60 (47%)

63 (40%)

1.41

88 (31%)

45 (35%)

43 (27%)

2.09

Comorbidity

176 (62%)

78 (61%)

98 (62%)

0.04

62 (22%)

30 (23%)

32 (20%)

0.42

59 (21%)

28 (22%)

31 (20%)

0.22

  1. a All ages = 5-18 years, b Child = 5-10 years, c Youth = 11-18 years
  2. * p < 0.05
  3. ** p < 0.01