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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]

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

  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
  1. Abnormal symptoms were defined by an SDQ cut-off value previously established for children in the UK [34]
  2. 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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