Table 5 Medians (interquartile ranges) and means (standard deviations) of the RCADS scales in a multi-ethnic sample of Dutch children by age groups

Med (IQR)

M (SD)

Med (IQR)

M (SD)

Med (IQR)

M (SD)

Med (IQR)

M (SD)

RCADS (0–141)

26 (28)

31.5 (21.6)

26 (27)

31.0 (21.4)

22 (23) ^b,c

26.3 (19.0)

22 (22.75) ^b,c

26.2 (18.5)

Anxiety (0–111)

21 (24)

24.9 (18.1)

20 (23)

24.9 (18.1)

17 (20) ^b,c

21.1 (15.8)

17 (19) ^b,c

21.0 (15.6)

GAD (0–18)

4 (4)

4.6 (3.7)

4 (5)

4.8 (3.9)

3 (5) ^b,c

4.0 (3.3)

3 (5) ^b,c

3.9 (3.2)

SP (0–27)

7 (7)

8.0 (5.3)

7 (7)

8.1 (5.4)

7 (6) ^c

7.4 (5.1)

7 (6) ^c

7.6 (5.2)

SAD (0–21)

2 (3)

3.3 (3.6)

2 (4)

3.3 (3.5)

1 (3) ^b,c

2.3 (2.8)

1 (3) ^b,c

2.1 (2.8)

PD (0–27)

4 (6)

4.8 (4.6)

3 (6)

4.5 (4.5)

3 (5) ^b,c

3.9 (4.1)

3 (4) ^b,c

3.9 (4.1)

OCD (0–18)

3 (5)

4.1 (3.6)

3 (5)

4.3 (3.7)

3 (4) ^b,c

3.5 (3.2)

3 (4) ^b,c

3.5 (3.3)

MDD (0–30)

6 (6)

6.6 (4.4)

5 (5) ^b

6.0 (4.3)

5 (5) ^b,c

5.2 (4.0)

5 (5) ^b,c

5.3 (3.9)