Prevalence of mental health problems in Chinese schoolchildren: The influence of measuring impact score and combining information from multiple informants

Table 3 Comparison of mental health problems by different combinations of abnormal symptoms and impact scores with UK cut off value for SDQ and impact scores [34]

	P		T		S		P + T		S + P		S + T		SPT
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Abnormal symptoms	407	8.16	699	14.02	706	14.16	989	19.84	937	18.79	1231	24.69	1412	28.32
Abnormal + Impact ≥ 1	176	3.53	254	5.09	437	8.76	397	7.96	542	10.87	635	12.74	723	14.50
Abnormal + Impact ≥ 2	123	2.47	166	3.33	294	5.90	274	5.50	375	7.52	433	8.68	505	10.13

Abnormal symptoms were defined by an SDQ cut-off value previously established for children in the UK [34]
P parent, T teacher, S student, P + T parent and teacher, S + P student and parent, S + T student and teacher, SPT student and parent and teacher

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