Table 3 Age specific point prevalence (%) of childhood and early adolescence mental disorders among the study sample
Age (years) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1–4 | 5–9 | 10–15 | Total | |||||
Disorder | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
PTSD | 92 | 11.1 | 133 | 9.7 | 97 | 11.0 | 322 | 10.5 |
Enuresis | 0 | 0.0 | 121 | 8.9 | 65 | 7.4 | 186 | 6.0 |
Separation anxiety disorder | 7 | 0.8 | 27 | 2.0 | 99 | 11.2 | 133 | 4.3 |
Specific phobia | 0 | 0.0 | 68 | 5.0 | 35 | 4.0 | 103 | 3.3 |
Stuttering | 32 | 3.9 | 47 | 3.4 | 20 | 2.3 | 99 | 3.2 |
Refusal to attend school | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 2.5 | 64 | 7.2 | 98 | 3.2 |
Learning disorder | 1 | 0.1 | 31 | 2.3 | 45 | 5.1 | 77 | 2.5 |
Conduct disorder | 7 | 0.8 | 33 | 2.4 | 36 | 4.1 | 76 | 2.5 |
Stereotypic movement | 45 | 5.4 | 20 | 1.5 | 7 | 0.8 | 72 | 2.3 |
Feeding disorder of infancy or early childhood | 41 | 4.9 | 17 | 1.2 | 4 | 0.5 | 62 | 2.0 |
Mental retardation | 18 | 2.2 | 18 | 1.3 | 22 | 2.5 | 58 | 1.9 |
Pica | 35 | 4.2 | 17 | 1.2 | 4 | 0.5 | 56 | 1.8 |
Reactive attachment disorder of infancy or early childhood | 54 | 6.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 54 | 1.8 |
Communication disorders | 27 | 3.3 | 18 | 1.3 | 6 | 0.7 | 51 | 1.7 |
Oppositional defiance disorder | 3 | 0.4 | 20 | 1.5 | 30 | 3.4 | 53 | 1.7 |
Phonological disorder | 25 | 3.0 | 13 | 1.0 | 12 | 1.4 | 50 | 1.6 |
Depression | 4 | 0.5 | 13 | 1.0 | 30 | 3.4 | 47 | 1.5 |
ADHD | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 1.2 | 22 | 2.5 | 39 | 1.3 |
Tic disorder | 10 | 1.2 | 18 | 1.3 | 9 | 1.0 | 37 | 1.2 |
Rumination | 11 | 1.3 | 4 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.2 | 17 | 0.6 |
Motor skills disorder | 1 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.1 |
Autism | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 3 | 0.1 |
Selective mutism | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.2 | 4 | 0.1 |
Encopresis | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.03 |
Total disordered children | 241 | 29.1 | 477 | 34.9 | 434 | 49.2 | 1152 | 37.4 |
Total children examined | 829 | 26.9 | 1367 | 44.4 | 883 | 28.7 | 3079 | 100.0 |