Table 3 Anxiety symptoms subscale quartiles distribution according to sample characteristics
From: Self-reported symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress in Portuguese primary school-aged children
DASS-C Anxiety symptoms subscale score | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q1 (<=0.00) | Q2 (1.00–1.00) | Q3 (2.00–3.00) | Q4 (4.00 +) | p | |
n | 381 | 202 | 228 | 211 | |
Age (continuous) [mean (sd)] | 8.81 (0.73) | 8.83 (0.79) | 8.78 (0.81) | 8.65 (0.80) | 0.053 |
Sex [n(%)] | |||||
Boys | 160 (33.3) | 93 (19.3) | 117 (24.3) | 111 (23.1) | |
Girls | 221 (40.9) | 109 (20.1) | 111 (20.5) | 100 (18.5) | 0.041 |
City of residence [n(%)] | |||||
Coimbra | 239 (43.5) | 110 (20.0) | 96 (17.5) | 104 (18.9) | < 0.001 |
Lisbon | 90 (25.6) | 70 (19.9) | 101 (28.7) | 91 (25.9) | |
Porto | 52 (43.0) | 22 (18.2) | 31 (25.6) | 16 (13.2) | |
Children BMI (IOTF cut-offs) [n(%)] | |||||
Normal | 293 (37.8) | 160 (20.6) | 170 (21.9) | 153 (19.7) | |
Overweight | 69 (35.8) | 35 (18.1) | 44 (22.8) | 45 (23.3) | |
Obesity | 19 (35.8) | 7 (13.2) | 14 (26.4) | 13 (24.5) | 0.710 |
Mother BMI (WHO cut-offs) [n(%)] | |||||
Normal | 274 (40.0) | 134 (19.6) | 152 (22.2) | 125 (18.2) | |
Overweight | 80 (32.5) | 49 (19.9) | 57 (23.2) | 60 (24.4) | |
Obesity | 27 (29.7) | 19 (20.9) | 19 (20.9) | 26 (28.6) | 0.093 |
Socioeconomic statusa (Father education) [n(%)] | |||||
Low | 83 (33.2) | 43 (17.2) | 66 (26.4) | 58 (23.2) | |
Medium | 147 (39.1) | 73 (19.4) | 72 (19.1) | 84 (22.3) | |
High | 151 (38.1) | 86 (21.7) | 90 (22.7) | 69 (17.4) | 0.123 |
Sport Activity beyond school [n(%)] | |||||
Yes | 287 (38.8) | 148 (20.0) | 165 (22.3) | 139 (18.8) | |
No | 94 (33.2) | 54 (19.1) | 63 (22.3) | 72 (25.4) | 0.103 |
Self Assessed Health Status [n(%)] | |||||
Excellent, Very good | 322 (40.0) | 167 (20.8) | 172 (21.4) | 143 (17.8) | |
Good, Bad, Very Bad | 59 (27.1) | 35 (16.1) | 56 (25.7) | 68 (31.2) | < 0.001 |
Mother DASS Anxiety score [n(%)] | |||||
T1 (<=0.00) | 254 (44.4) | 108 (18.9) | 107 (18.7) | 103 (18.0) | |
T2 (1.00–1.00) | 65 (31.6) | 50 (24.3) | 55 (26.7) | 36 (17.5) | |
T3 (2.00 +) | 62 (25.4) | 44 (18.0) | 66 (27.0) | 72 (29.5) | < 0.001 |