Psychiatric morbidity of second and third grade primary school children in Korea
- Authors
- Yoo, H.I.; Cho, S.C.; Kim, B.N.; Kim, S.Y.; Shin, M.S.; Hong, K.E.
- Issue Date
- Dec-2005
- Keywords
- CBCL; Elementary school; K-SADS-PL; Korea; Psychiatric morbidity
- Citation
- Child Psychiatry and Human Development, v.36, no.2, pp 215 - 225
- Pages
- 11
- Journal Title
- Child Psychiatry and Human Development
- Volume
- 36
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 215
- End Page
- 225
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/65469
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10578-005-4078-8
- ISSN
- 0009-398X
1573-3327
- Abstract
- This study was undertaken to identify psychiatric morbidity among Korean second and third elementary school children using an objective diagnostic interview tool. Data from 5,118 (2,723 boys, 2,395 girls; mean age = 8.41 years (SD = 0.66)) second and third grade schoolchildren were drawn from 28 elementary schools. After initial screening assessments using the 28-item Child Problem-Behavior Screening Test for parents, 672 primary caregivers were subjected to secondary screening using the Korean version of the CBCL. Two hundred and seventy-one high-risk children selected according to the K-CBCL results, 138 (50.9%) children and their primary caregivers were interviewed using the Korean version of K-SADS-PL for objective DSM-IV psychiatric diagnoses. Sixty-four (46.4%) of the hundred and thirty eight children were determined to have at least one psychiatric disorder. More boys were diagnosed as psychiatric patients than girls (46 males, 18 females; OR = 2.21). The most frequently diagnosed disorder was ADHD (46/64; 71.9%), followed by tic disorder, anxiety disorders, mental retardation, oppositional defiant disorder, and separation anxiety disorder. Two or more comorbid psychiatric disorders were found in 22 (34.4%) of the 64 patients. The computed crude percentage of psychiatric patients in this study was 4.12%, which is similar to previously published data. © 2005 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc.
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