TY - JOUR
T1 - Child psychiatric disorder and relative age within school year: cross sectional survey of large population sample.
AU - Goodman, R
AU - Gledhill, J
AU - Ford, T
PY - 2003/8/30
Y1 - 2003/8/30
N2 - Objective To test the hypothesis that younger children in, a school year are at greater risk of emotional and behavioural problems. Design Cross sectional survey. Setting Community sample from England, Scotland, and Wales. Participants 10438 British 5-15 year olds. Main outcome measures Total symptom scores on psychopathology questionnaires completed by parents, teachers, and 11-15 year olds; psychiatric diagnoses based on a clinical review of detailed interview data. Results Younger children in a school year were significantly more likely to have higher symptom scores and psychiatric disorder. The adjusted regression coefficients for relative age were 0.51 (95% confidence interval 0.36 to 0.65, P
AB - Objective To test the hypothesis that younger children in, a school year are at greater risk of emotional and behavioural problems. Design Cross sectional survey. Setting Community sample from England, Scotland, and Wales. Participants 10438 British 5-15 year olds. Main outcome measures Total symptom scores on psychopathology questionnaires completed by parents, teachers, and 11-15 year olds; psychiatric diagnoses based on a clinical review of detailed interview data. Results Younger children in a school year were significantly more likely to have higher symptom scores and psychiatric disorder. The adjusted regression coefficients for relative age were 0.51 (95% confidence interval 0.36 to 0.65, P
U2 - 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.472
DO - 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.472
M3 - Article
SN - 1756-1833
SN - 2044-6055
VL - 327
SP - 472
EP - 475
JO - BMJ, British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Ed.)
JF - BMJ, British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Ed.)
IS - 7413
ER -