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Table 6 Symptoms of common mental health problems according to ICD-10 criteria and high symptom scores based on cut-off and interrater-agreement

From: How often do German children and adolescents show signs of common mental health problems? Results from different methodological approaches – a cross-sectional study

  ICD-10 criteria [95% CI] Questionnaire cut-off [95% CI] Kappa
7-10 parent report   
     Depressive episode 4.8 [3.2-6.3] 10.6 [8.4-12.8] 0.5
     Generalized anxiety 3.8 [2.6-5.1] 14.7 [12.3-17.2] 0.1
     Conduct disorder 17.2 [14.3-20.0] 15.4 [12.8-18.1] 0.5
11-17 parent-report   
     Depressive episode 8.9 [7.3-10.5] 11.1 [9.3-12.9] 0.6
     Generalized anxiety 6.5 [5.1-7.9] 10.0 [8.2-11.7] 0.3
     Conduct disorder 14.1 [11.9-16.3] 14.1 [11.9-16.3] 0.4
11-17 self-report   
     Depressive episode 15.1 [13.1-17.2] 16.7 [14.6-18.8] 0.5
     Generalized anxiety 10.9 [9.2-12.7] 15.4 [13.4-17.4] 0.3
  1. For depression ICD-10 criteria according to mild depressive episode are shown.
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