TABLE 1.
Adolescent and Parent Responses to the Question “How Important Do You Think It Is for ED Staff to Ask All Teens About the Following?”
| Adolescent Ratings*
|
Parent Ratings*
|
Mann-Whitney U
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | U† | P‡ | |
| Depression | 6% | 16% | 37% | 22% | 19% | 1% | 9% | 32% | 25% | 33% | 34,552 | <0.001 |
| Anxiety | 7% | 23% | 37% | 21% | 12% | 2% | 11% | 32% | 26% | 29% | 30,950 | <0.001 |
| Alcohol misuse | 7% | 10% | 27% | 28% | 28% | 2% | 7% | 23% | 28% | 40% | 37,018 | <0.001 |
| Drug misuse | 6% | 5% | 26% | 30% | 33% | 2% | 6% | 23% | 26% | 42% | 39,542 | <0.05 |
| Suicide risk | 6% | 8% | 23% | 19% | 44% | 3% | 7% | 22% | 21% | 48% | 41,630 | 0.141 |
| Eating disorders | 6% | 19% | 28% | 26% | 21% | 3% | 7% | 34% | 27% | 29% | 36,876 | <0.001 |
| Behavior problems | 14% | 24% | 33% | 21% | 11% | 4% | 12% | 33% | 25% | 26% | 31,752 | <0.001 |
| Dating violence | 13% | 18% | 28% | 21% | 20% | 3% | 9% | 27% | 20% | 41% | 30,601 | <0.001 |
*
1 = Not important, 2 = somewhat important, 3 = important, 4 = very important, 5 = extremely important.
†
Mann-Whitney U test comparing parents and adolescent importance ratings of screening for each of the mental health concerns.
‡
All significant differences were in the direction of parents reporting higher importance ratings than adolescents.