Do school teachers and primary contacts in residential youth care institutions recognize mental health problems in adolescents?

Undheim, Anne Mari; Lydersen, Stian; Kayed, Nanna Sønnichsen

doi:10.1186/s13034-016-0109-4

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Table 3 Cross-tables of results from the CAPA interview, set as the “gold standard,” indicating psychiatric diagnosis in the four categories, affective, anxiety, and conduct disorder, and ADHD, compared to reports on the CBCL and TRF corresponding to DSM-oriented scales

From: Do school teachers and primary contacts in residential youth care institutions recognize mental health problems in adolescents?

CAPA—diagnostic categories		CBCL—corresponding DSM-oriented scales					CAPA—diagnostic categories		TRF—corresponding DSM-oriented scales
CAPA—diagnostic categories		Yes	No	Total	Estimate		CAPA—diagnostic categories		Yes	No	Total	Estimate
Total sample
Affective disorder	Yes	61	13	74	Sensitivity	0.82	Affective disorder	Yes	22	27	49	Sensitivity	0.45
	No	69	70	139	Specificity	0.50		No	26	66	92	Specificity	0.72
	Total	130	83	213				Total	48	93	141
Anxiety disorder	Yes	45	29	74	Sensitivity	0.61	Anxiety disorder	Yes	22	28	50	Sensitivity	0.44
	No	55	84	139	Specificity	0.60		No	27	64	91	Specificity	0.70
	Total	100	113	213				Total	49	92	141
Conduct disorder	Yes	25	7	32	Sensitivity	0.78	Conduct disorder	Yes	15	13	28	Sensitivity	0.54
	No	127	54	181	Specificity	0.30		No	29	85	114	Specificity	0.75
	Total	152	61	213				Total	44	98	142
ADHD	Yes	40	27	67	Sensitivity	0.60	ADHD	Yes	23	36	59	Sensitivity	0.39
	No	38	108	146	Specificity	0.74		No	10	73	83	Specificity	0.88
	Total	78	135	213				Total	33	109	142
BOYS
Affective disorder	Yes	14	6	20	Sensitivity	0.70	Affective disorder	Yes	5	9	14	Sensitivity	0.36
	No	34	40	74	Specificity	0.54		No	9	44	53	Specificity	0.83
	Total	48	46	94				Total	14	53	67
Anxiety disorder	Yes	17	9	26	Sensitivity	0.65	Anxiety disorder	Yes	10	8	18	Sensitivity	0.56
	No	29	39	68	Specificity	0.57		No	9	40	49	Specificity	0.82
	Total	46	48	94				Total	19	48	67
Conduct disorder	Yes	15	6	21	Sensitivity	0.71	Conduct disorder	Yes	7	12	19	Sensitivity	0.37
	No	51	22	73	Specificity	0.30		No	6	43	49	Specificity	0.88
	Total	37	57	94				Total	13	55	68
ADHD	Yes	19	12	31	Sensitivity	0.61	ADHD	Yes	9	20	29	Sensitivity	0.31
	No	12	51	63	Specificity	0.81		No	2	37	39	Specificity	0.95
	Total	31	63	94				Total	11	57	68
GIRLS
Affective disorder	Yes	47	7	54	Sensitivity	0.87	Affective disorder	Yes	17	18	35	Sensitivity	0.49
	No	35	30	65	Specificity	0.46		No	17	22	39	Specificity	0.56
	Total	82	37	119				Total	34	40	74
Anxiety disorder	Yes	28	20	48	Sensitivity	0.58	Anxiety disorder	Yes	12	20	32	Sensitivity	0.38
	No	26	45	71	Specificity	0.63		No	18	24	42	Specificity	0.57
	Total	54	65	119				Total	30	44	74
Conduct disorder	Yes	10	1	11	Sensitivity	0.91	Conduct disorder	Yes	8	1	9	Sensitivity	0.89
	No	76	32	108	Specificity	0.30		No	23	42	65	Specificity	0.65
	Total	86	33	119				Total	31	43	74
ADHD	Yes	21	15	36	Sensitivity	0.58	ADHD	Yes	14	16	30	Sensitivity	0.47
	No	26	57	83	Specificity	0.69		No	8	36	44	Specificity	0.82
	Total	47	72	119				Total	22	52	74

Sensitivity and specificity are reported for the four diagnostic groups for both CBCL and TRF. The table presents results for the total sample and for boys and girls separately

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