Table 3.
Comparison of anxiety scores according to age and gender with cut-off scores described by Muris, Schmidt, and Merckelbach (2000) defining the 90th centile (top 10%) of the normal population.
| N | Mean (SD) | Comparison with normal population |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cut-off score | Number >90th centile | % [95% CI] exceeding 90th centile | p-valuea | |||
| Total anxiety score | ||||||
| Boys | 18 | 17.9 (11.6) | 25 | 5 | 28% [10–53%] | .03 |
| Girls | 15 | 30.1 (18.5) | 36 | 3 | 20% [4–48%] | .18 |
| Generalised anxiety | ||||||
| Boys | 19 | 4.5 (3.0) | 6 | 5 | 26% [9–51%] | .04 |
| Girls | 15 | 6.7 (3.7) | 9 | 2 | 13% [2–40%] | .45 |
| Separation anxiety | ||||||
| Boys | 19 | 2.1 (1.5) | 4 | 0 | 0% | 1.00 |
| Girls | 15 | 2.9 (2.6) | 5 | 5 | 33% [12–62%] | .01 |
| Social phobia | ||||||
| Boys | 19 | 5.3 (3.4) | 6 | 8 | 42% [20–67%] | <.001 |
| Girls | 15 | 8.1 (3.9) | 8 | 6 | 40% [16–68%] | .002 |
| Panic-agoraphobic | ||||||
| Boys | 19 | 2.2 (2.0) | 4 | 2 | 11% [1–33%] | .58 |
| Girls | 15 | 4.9 (4.8) | 6 | 3 | 20% [4–48%] | .18 |
| Obsessive–compulsive | ||||||
| Boys | 19 | 2.7 (2.6) | 5 | 4 | 21% [6–46%] | .11 |
| Girls | 15 | 4.4 (3.6) | 6 | 3 | 20% [4–48%] | .18 |
| Physical injury fears | ||||||
| Boys | 19 | 1.9 (1.8) | 5 | 0 | 0% | 1.00 |
| Girls | 15 | 4.0 (2.8) | 6 | 4 | 27% [8–55%] | .06 |
SD: standard deviation; CI: confidence interval.
a
From comparison with expected proportion (10%) using one-sample binomial test.