EQ-5D-Y-5L as a patient-reported outcome measure in psychiatric inpatient care for children and adolescents – a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Characteristics of study participants (n = 52)

Mean age	15.4 (1.4) Years (SD)
	%	n
Age
13 years	15	8
14 years	14	7
15 years	17	9
16 years	30	15
17 years	25	13
Sex
Boys	17	9
Girls	83	43
Diagnostic group according to ICD-10^a
Bipolar affective disorder (F31)	12	6
Depressive episode/recurrent depressive disorder (F32–33)	30	15
Other anxiety disorder (F41)	25	13
Reaction to severe stress/ adjustment disorders (F43)	12	6
Other^b	14	7
Observation for suspected mental and behavioural disorders (Z03.2)	10	5
Co-morbidity
Yes	54	28
Duration of mental health problems
< 1 month	0	0
1–5 months	12	6
6–12 months	6	3
> 1 year	73	38
Missing	10	5
Self-rated health
Very good	0	0
Good	4	2
Neither good or bad	30	15
Bad	33	17
Very bad	35	18
Care setting for data collection
Emergency department	73	38
Inpatient care wards	27	14

^aDiagnosis when admitted
^bOther = Mental and behavioural disorders due to multiple drug use and use of other psychoactive substances: harmful use (F19.1); unspecified nonorganic psychosis (F29.9); sleep disorder – unspecified (G47.9); eating disorder, unspecified (F50.9); problems in relationship with parents and in-laws (Z63.1)
^cSelf-reported in the SDQ questionnaire

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