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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Routine outcome measurement in adolescents seeking mental health services: standardization of HoNOSCA in Kenyan sample

 

N (%)

Mean (SD)

Sex

Male

92 (45.8)

 

Female

109 (54.2)

 

Age

  

15.88 (1.02)

Academic level

Primary

4 (2.0)

 

Secondary

197 (98.0)

 

Referred by

School

170 (84.2)

 

Self

27 (13.4)

 

Family member

1 (0.5)

 

Healthcare worker

3 (1.5)

 

Treatment history

None

177 (88.1)

 

Outpatient treatment

24 (11.9)

 

Axis I diagnosis*

Depression

3 (1.5)

 

Substance use

46 (22.9)

 

Anxiety

3 (1.5)

 

PTSD

8 (4.0)

 

Suicide ideation

1 (0.5)

 

Conduct disorder

8 (4.0)

 

Conversion disorder

4 (2.0)

 

ADHD

2 (1.0)

 

None

126 (62.7)

 

Axis IV*

Interpersonal problems

28 (13.9)

 

Academic problems

30 (14.9)

 

Self-esteem problems

12 (6.0)

 

Psychosocial problems

123 (61.2)

 

Trauma/abuse

8 (4.0)

 
  1. * DSM IV-TR/V diagnoses used in the clinics given by clinician and extracted from patient files