Mental health among children seeking asylum in Denmark – the effect of length of stay and number of relocations: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Frequency table of mental health* among children seeking asylum

		Teacher-reports of the 4–16-year-olds	Teacher-reports of the 4–10-year-olds	Teacher-reports of the 11–16-year-olds	Self-reports of the 11–16-year-olds
		N = 246	N = 139	N = 107	N = 88
		%	%	%	%
Total difficulties Score	Normal	51	53	49	37
	Borderline**	14	14	14	19
	Abnormal	31	31	31	26
	Missing	4	2	6	18
Emotional Symptoms Score	Normal	67	72	61	24
	Borderline**	10	10	9	8
	Abnormal	20	18	24	50
	Missing	3	1	6	18
Hyperactivity Score	Normal	62	60	65	55
	Borderline**	8	8	7	9
	Abnormal	27	31	22	18
	Missing	3	1	6	18
Conduct Problems Score	Normal	62	61	64	55
	Borderline**	9	12	6	16
	Abnormal	25	25	24	11
	Missing	4	2	6	18
Peer Problem Score	Normal	66	65	66	45
	Borderline**	7	8	5	19
	Abnormal	24	26	23	19
	Missing	3	1	6	17
Pro-social Behaviour Score	Normal	65	63	68	77
	Borderline**	8	9	7	3
	Abnormal	22	25	16	3
	Missing	5	3	8	17
Impact Scores	Normal	50	53	47	22
	Borderline**	15	14	16	9
	Abnormal	31	30	31	50
	Missing	4	3	6	19

* The categorisation is formed on the basis of a manual based on a British background population.
** Out of these borderline cases, former investigations of the prediction of SDQ have shown that around 10–26% have a psychiatric diagnosis and about 74–90% do not have a psychiatric diagnosis [23, 24].