Comorbidity of Anxiety and Depression in a Primary School Sample
- VernacularTitle:小学生焦虑抑郁共存的现状调查
- Author:
Linyan SU
;
Xueping GAO
;
Yu JIN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
internalizing;
cross-sectional investigation;
comorbidity;
primary school children;
anxiety;
de-pression
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
1992;0(01):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
s Objective: To investigate the comorbidity of depression and anxiety in primary school students. Methods:565 pupils ranged from 2 to 6 grade in a primary school were tested by The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) and Depression Self-Rating Scale for Children (DSRSC). Results: There were 140 pupils with a total score higher than cut-off point of SCARED; 97 pupils with a total score higher than cut-off point of DSRSC; 43 pupils with total scores higher than cut-off point of both SCARED and DSRSC, and the positive rate of comorbidity of anxiety and depression was 7.61%. 30.71 percent of children with anxiety disorder was considered co-morbiding depression; 44.33 percent of children with depressive disorder was considered comorbiding anxiety. Chil-dren with comorbidities had higher scores in Withdrawn(mean rank 297.7 ) than Anxiety group(220.8) and Depressive group(202.2);Somatic Complaints(268.2)than Anxiety group (232.2 ) and Depressive group(206.2 ) , Anxious/Depressed (277.2 )than Anxiety group (227.7 ) and Depressive group(219.2 )of CBCL(?~2 =16.72～22.71,P
