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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Soc Care Community. 2016 Apr 4;25(2):578–589. doi: 10.1111/hsc.12345

Table 2.

Phase 1: Parent report of children’s health and well-being using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and the Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ)

N Mean (SD) Norm
Mean (SD)
SDQ emotional symptoms 75 1.7(1.8) 1.6(1.8)
SDQ conduct problems 77 2.0 (2.0) 1.3(1.6)
SDQ hyperactivity 77 3.2 (2.5) 2.8 (2.5)
SDQ peer problems 77 1.9(1.8) 1.4(1.5)
SDQ total difficulties 75 8.6 (5.9) 7.1 (5.7)
SDQ prosocial behaviour 76 8.1 (2.0) 8.6(1.8)
CHQ physical function 76 91.2 (22.9) 95.0(16.20)
CHQ role of social-physical 76 93.4(17.2) 93.7(19.7)
CHQ bodily pain 75 86.9(17.9) 81.3(19.7)
CHQ role emotional 76 91.7(19.0) 92.5(19.1)
CHQ self-esteem 75 80.2 (22.3) 80.1 (19.1)
CHQ mental health 74 78.50 (20.2) 79.7(15.5)
CHQ Behavior 75 68.4 (23.4) 70.8(18.7)

SDQ for all dimensions other than total difficulties scale is 0–5, total difficulties 0–20. CHQ mean scores scaled 0–100, where 100 = optimal health/well-being.