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Table 4 Fifteen most prevalent symptoms and disorders

From: A new approach to child mental healthcare within general practice

 

Pre-test (2009)

Post-test (2011)

Control (2011)

Control (2011)

(N = 1674)

(N = 1577)

Not deprived area (N = 10980)

Deprived area (N = 1323)

 

N

N/1000

N

N/1000

N

N/1000

N

N/1000

Psychological symptoms

        

 Anxious, nervous

6

3.6

8

5.1

49

4.5

5

3.8

 Stress

1

.6

1

.6

15

1.4

4

3.0

 Depressive feeling

0

 

6

3.8

47

4.3

2

1.5

 Sleeping problems

8

4.8

11

7.0

68

6.2

3

2.3

 Eating problems

1

.6

3

1.9

26

2.4

3

2.3

 Enuresis

19

11.4

192

12.02

732

6.62

12

9.1

 Hyperactive child

26

15.5

333

20.93

172

15.7

93

6.83

 Other concerns (psychological) about child/adolescent behaviour

531

31.71

821 2 3

52.0123

2582

23.52

213

15.93

 Learning problems

4

2.4

83

5.13

72

6.6

213

15.93

 Other symptoms NEC

3

1.8

93

5.73

34

3.1

13

.83

Psychological disorders

        

 Anxiety disorder

21

1.21

1013

6.313

40

3.6

23

1.53

 Depressive disorder

6

3.6

2

1.3

17

1.5

0

 

 Work/school stress

3

1.8

3

1.9

11

1.0

0

 

Social problems

        

 Parent – child relationship

12

7.2

102

6.32

132

1.22

3

2.3

 Parental behaviour

4

2.4

82 3

5.12 3

232

2.12

13

.83

  1. No. of children (aged 4 to 18) with psychological and social symptoms and disorders, recorded one year before the start of the Eureka intervention and one year after the start of the Eureka intervention
  2. 1significant difference between pre-test and post-test (p < .01)
  3. 2significant difference between post-test and not deprived controls (p < .05)
  4. 3significant difference between post-test and deprived controls (p < .05)