Skip to main content

Table 1 Type of problems in the physician referrals for included outpatients and dropouts by four subgroups

From: Quality of Life as reported by children and parents: a comparison between students and child psychiatric outpatients

Group of problems

Physician's reason of referral

Included patients (%)

n = 331 a

Drop-outs (%)

n = 148 b

Emotional problems

Depressive, suicidal, anxious, compulsive, eating disorder

42.0

48.6

Behavioural problems

Hyperactivity/attention and conduct problems

44.4

35.8

School problems

Learning, language- and speech problems and school-phobia

4.8

6.8

Other

Autistic or psychotic symptoms, visual/auditory problems

8.8

8.8

  1. None of the observed differences were significant by Pearson Chi-Square.
  2. a345 totally included outpatients and b156 drop-outs; the difference to n is due to "no problem specified" on physician referral sheet.