Table III.
Self-rated general assessment of functioning (GAF) scores (range 1–100, where a score of 1 corresponds to inability to care for oneself, 50 to severe mental problems, and 100 to full mental health) over the past year and past week in the general population and out-patient psychiatry samples and broken down into the different subgroups. For definitions of groups and subgroups, see Methods.
| General population |
Out-patient psychiatry |
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| Groups and subgroups | Total mean ± SD (n) |
Men mean ± SD (n) |
Women mean ± SD (n) |
Total mean ± SD (n) |
Men mean ± SD (n) |
Women mean ± SD (n) |
| Hyperactive | ||||||
| past year | 83 ± 14 (75) | 83 ± 15 (45) | 83 ± 14 (30) | 52 ± 12 (106)c, d | 54 ± 12 (33) | 52 ± 12 (73) |
| past two weeks | 83 ± 14 (74)a | 85 ± 13 (44) | 80 ± 15 (30) | 60 ± 15 (106)a, d | 59 ± 19 (31) | 60 ± 13 (75) |
| Childhood only | ||||||
| past year | 86 ± 13 (59) | 84 ± 15 (37) | 89 ± 9 (22) | 54 ± 11 (54)b | 57 ± 9 (20) | 52 ± 12 (34) |
| past two weeks | 86 ± 12 (58) | 87 ± 12 (36) | 85 ± 12 (22) | 64 ± 14 (53) | 64 ± 16 (18) | 64 ± 13 (35) |
| Childhood and Adult | ||||||
| past year | 71 ± 15 (10)b | 87 ± 6 (3) | 64 ± 13 (7) | 48 ± 13 (21)c | 42 ± 16 (6) | 50 ± 12 (15) |
| past two weeks | 66 ± 14 (10)c | 77 ± 15 (3) | 61 ± 11 (7) | 52 ± 17 (22)c | 36 ± 17 (6) | 58 ± 13 (16) |
| Adult only | ||||||
| past year | 75 ± 17 (6) | 72 ± 17 (5) | 90 (1) | 53 ± 10 (31)c | 54 ± 8 (7) | 53 ± 11 (24) |
| past two weeks | 75 ± 13 (6)a | 74 ± 14 (5) | 80 (1) | 56 ± 11 (31)c | 63 ± 13 (7) | 54 ± 10 (24) |
| Not hyperactive | ||||||
| past year | 85 ± 14 (434) | 88 ± 12 (189) | 83 ± 15 (245) | 61 ± 17 (225)d | 62 ± 18 (41) | 60 ± 17 (184) |
| past two weeks | 86 ± 13 (428) | 88 ± 13 (187) | 85 ± 14 (241) | 64 ± 17 (219)d | 63 ± 18 (41) | 65 ± 16 (178) |
| Total | ||||||
| past year | 85 ± 14 (509) | 87 ± 13 (234) | 83 ± 15 (275) | 58 ± 16 (331)d | 58 ± 16 (74) | 58 ± 16 (257) |
| past two weeks | 86 ± 14 (502) | 87 ± 13 (231) | 84 ± 14 (271) | 63 ± 16 (325)d | 61 ± 18 (72) | 63 ± 15 (253) |
| Missing information | ||||||
| past year n (%) | 8/517 (1.5) | 2/236 (0.8) | 6/281 (2.1) | 18/349 (5.2) | 3/77 (3.9) | 15/272 (5.5) |
| past two weeks n (%) | 15/517 (2.9) | 5/236 (2.1) | 10/281 (3.6) | 24/349 (6.9) | 5/77 (6.5) | 19/272 (7.0) |
aP-value < 0.05, bP-value < 0.01, cP-value < 0.001 versus Not hyperactive; Mann-Whitney U-test. dP-value <0.001, versus General population; Mann-Whitney U-test.