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Table 2 Mean and standard deviations of total difficulties score, cut-off points and prevalence of mental health problems

From: Associations between parents’ subjective time pressure and mental health problems among children in the Nordic countries: a population based study

 

Age group

Cut-off

Time pressure

No time pressure

n

TDS

MHPb%

n

TDS

MHP %

Mean (SD)a

Mean (SD)

All children

-

698

8.7 (4.8)

18.6a

4254

7.4 (4.1)

10.1c

  Boys

Total

-

364

9.0 (5.0)

17.5

2131

7.7 (4.2)

9.5

4-6 years old

14

104

9.5 (4.2)

16.5

514

8.0 (3.9)

8.8

7-12 years old

14

187

9.3 (5.3)

21.1

993

7.8 (4.3)

10.7

13-16 years old

13

73

7.5 (4.9)

10.7

624

7.2 (4.1)

9.6

  Girls

Total

-

334

8.4 (4.6)

17.8

2123

7.1 (3.9)

9.2

4-6 years old

12

92

8.6 (3.9)

22.0

488

7.2 (3.5)

12.0

7-12 years old

13

170

8.1 (4.8)

16.6

998

7.1 (4.1)

9.6

13-16 years old

13

72

8.6 (5.2)

23.6

637

6.9 (4.0)

7.6

  1. aTDS = Total Difficulties Score, SD = Standard Deviation.
  2. bMHP = Mental Health Problems.
  3. cdifference between time pressure and no time pressure significant using Chi2 test p ≤ .001.