TABLE 3.

Adolescent and Parent Responses to the Question “If You/or Your Teen Had Any of These Problems, What Would Be Helpful?”

	Adolescent Ratings*					Parent Ratings*					Mann-Whitney U
	1	2	3	4	5	1	2	3	4	5	U†	P‡
Brochures on the problem	19%	37%	30%	11%	3%	10%	30%	32%	16%	13%	54,440	<0.001
Information on where to go for help	4%	16%	35%	32%	12%	0%	7%	30%	34%	29%	57,205	<0.001
Speak to professional in the ED	4%	14%	28%	34%	20%	2%	5%	28%	30%	35%	54,459	<0.001

^*1 = Not helpful, 2 = somewhat helpful, 3 = helpful, 4 = very helpful, 5 = extremely helpful.

^†Mann-Whitney U test comparing parent and adolescent ratings of possible response of ED staff to a positive screen.

^‡All significant differences were in the direction of parents having higher importance ratings than adolescents.