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Table 4 Association of psycho-social factors with anxiety in children / adolescents

From: Prevalence, comorbidity and predictors of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents in rural north-eastern Uganda

Factor

Level

Total (n)

Anxiety syndromes n(%)

Depression

No

1451

346 (23.8%)

 

Yes

136

77 (56.6%)

Psychotic disorder syndromes

No

1563

410 (26.2%)

Yes

24

13 (54.2%)

Suicidality

No

1502

368 (24.5%)

 

Yes

85

55 (64.7%)

Alcohol and substance abuse

No

1565

416 (26.6%)

Yes

22

7 (31.8%)

Motor disorder syndromes

No

1574

414 (26.3%)

Yes

13

9 (69.2%)

Behavioral developmental disorder syndromes

No

1508

400 (26.5%)

Yes

79

23 (29.1%)

Eating disorders

No

1576

412 (26.1%)

Yes

11

11 (100%)

Number of DSM disorders

0

1320

305 (23.1%)

1

201

77 (38.3%)

2 or more

66

41 (62.1%)

Family history of mental illness

None

1175

316 (26.9%)

First Degree relative

156

46 (29.5%)

Other relative

256

61 (23.8%)

Experience of trauma

No

1023

270 (26.4%)

Yes

564

153 (27.1%)

Parents alive

Yes

1069

260 (24.3%)

No

518

163 (31.5%)

History of mental illness (attendance at facility)

No

1517

395 (26.0%)

Yes

70

28 (40.0%)

Emotional and behavioral problems

Non-case (SDQ < 16)

918

175 (19.1%)

Case (SDQ ≥ 16)

669

248 (37.1%)

Emotional symptoms scale

Normal

1045

198 (19.0%)

Borderline

173

61 (35.3%)

Abnormal

272

126 (46.3%)

 

Missing

97

38 (39.2%)