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Table 3 Medians (interquartile ranges) and means (standard deviations) of the RCADS scales in a multi-ethnic sample of Dutch children aged 8-13 years in the total sample and by gender

From: Structure, reliability, and validity of the revised child anxiety and depression scale (RCADS) in a multi-ethnic urban sample of Dutch children

Scale (range of scores)

Total sample

Boys

Girls

n =3601a

n = 1712a

n = 1885a

 

Med (IQR)

M (SD)

Med (IQR)

M (SD)

Med (IQR)

M (SD)

RCADS (0–141)

24 (25)

28.4 (20.2)

21 (22)

25.0 (17.9)

26 (28) b

31.6 (21.6)

Anxiety (0–111)

19 (21)

22.8 (16.9)

16 (17)

19.7 (14.9)

21 (23) b

25.6 (18.1)

GAD (0–18)

3 (4)

4.3 (3.6)

3 (5)

3.9 (3.4)

4 (5) b

4.7 (3.7)

SP (0–27)

7 (7)

7.7 (5.2)

6 (6)

6.5 (4.6)

8 (7) b

8.9 (5.5)

SAD (0–21)

2 (4)

2.7 (3.2)

1 (3)

2.1 (2.7)

2 (4) b

3.3 (3.5)

PD (0–27)

3 (5)

4.2 (4.3)

2 (4)

3.6 (3.7)

4 (6) b

4.8 (4.6)

OCD (0–18)

3 (5)

3.9 (3.5)

3 (5)

3.7 (3.3)

3 (5)

4.0 (3.6)

MDD (0–30)

5 (6)

5.7 (4.1)

5 (6)

5.3 (4.0)

5 (5) b

6.0 (4.3)

  1. RCADS = Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale. GAD = Generalized Anxiety Disorder. SP = Social Phobia. SAD = Separation Anxiety Disorder. PD = Panic Disorder. OCD = Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. MDD = Major Depressive Disorder. Med = Median; IQR = interquartile range; M = mean; SD = standard deviation. aN may vary because of missing values per scale. bDifference from boys is significant at p < 0.001