Fig. 1

Emotional problems, conduct problems and hyperactivity according to parent-rated SDQ. The figure shows the distribution of emotional problems scores, conduct problems scores and the hyperactivity scores in the parent-rated SDQ. The emotional problems are presented as categories of children with normal/borderline emotional problems score on the left and the children with abnormal emotional problems score on the right. The conduct problems score and the hyperactivity score are presented on a continuous scale, with the abnormal cut-off point marked by the dashed line. In our sample, 24.4% of the children scored below the cut-off point in all three scales. Of the children with abnormal conduct problems and/or hyperactivity scores, 42.2% also had an abnormal emotional problems score. 18.8% of the patients only had an abnormal emotional problems score, with no conduct problems/hyperactivity. The smallest patient group (11.7%) was that of children with emotional problems and hyperactivity but without conduct problems was the smallest patient group