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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Sch Health. 2019 Apr;89(4):308–318. doi: 10.1111/josh.12736

Table 3.

Distribution of Each Item of Columbia Impairment Scale

Variable 0 1 2 3 4 5

Getting along with mother***
Missed school days <15days 67.7 (0.6) 16.8 (0.4) 11.1 (0.3) 2.1 (0.1) 1.3 (0.1) 1.0 (0.1)
Missed school days ≥15days 51.3 (2.5) 17.3 (2.0) 18.2 (2.2) 6.6 (1.2) 5.1 (1.2) 1.5 (0.7)
Getting along with father***
Missed school days <15days 64.5 (0.5) 15.9 (0.4) 9.7 (0.3) 2.6 (0.1) 2.5 (0.1) 4.7 (0.2)
Missed school days ≥15days 45.1 (2.4) 17.2 (2.1) 13.4 (1.9) 6.5 (1.3) 9.1 (1.2) 8.7 (1.4)
Feeling unhappy or sad***
Missed school days <15days 65.9 (0.6) 20.4 (0.4) 10.4 (0.3) 2.1 (0.1) 0.9 (0.1) 0.3 (0.1)
Missed school days ≥15days 38.4 (2.6) 22.4 (2.0) 23.2 (2.0) 9.3 (1.5) 6.2 (1.1) 0.4 (0.3)
Behavior at school***
Missed school days <15days 78.6 (0.4) 11.8 (0.3) 6.5 (0.2) 1.7 (0.1) 1.2 (0.1) 0.3 (0.1)
Missed school days ≥15days 62.3 (2.1) 11.8 (1.5) 12.6 (1.3) 5.8 (1.0) 7.4 (1.4) 0.2 (0.1)
Having fun***
Missed school days <15days 88.8 (0.3) 7.0 (0.2) 3.0 (0.2) 0.6 (0.1) 0.4 (0.0) 0.2 (0.1)
Missed school days ≥15days 74.0 (2.5) 12.2 (1.9) 10.6 (1.7) 2.0 (0.6) 1.1 (0.3) 0.1 (0.1)
Getting along with adults***
Missed school days <15days 85.5 (0.4) 9.0 (0.3) 4.1 (0.2) 0.7 (0.1) 0.5 (0.1) 0.2 (0.0)
Missed school days ≥15days 72.9 (2.0) 11.8 (1.5) 9.8 (1.4) 3.5 (0.9) 1.8 (0.6) 0.1 (0.1)
Feeling nervous or afraid***
Missed school days <15days 60.7 (0.6) 23.0 (0.4) 11.9 (0.3) 2.9 (0.1) 1.2 (0.1) 0.3 (0.1)
Missed school days ≥15days 41.5 (2.7) 21.9 (2.2) 21.9 (2.1) 8.9 (1.5) 5.7 (1.2) 0.0 (0.0)
Getting along with brothers and sisters***
Missed school days <15days 48.3 (0.7) 22.0 (0.5) 17.8 (0.5) 3.9 (0.2) 2.2 (0.1) 5.8 (0.3)
Missed school days ≥15days 37.8 (2.5) 17.0 (1.9) 22.6 (2.1) 8.0 (1.3) 6.8 (1.3) 7.8 (1.6)
Getting along with other kids***
Missed school days <15days 76.6 (0.5) 14.8 (0.4) 6.6 (0.2) 1.3 (0.1) 0.6 (0.1) 0.2 (0.0)
Missed school days ≥15days 61.3 (2.3) 17.5 (1.7) 13.6 (1.6) 5.3 (1.2) 2.3 (0.7) 0.1 (0.1)
Getting involved in activities like sports or hobbies***
Missed school days <15days 78.1 (0.4) 10.4 (0.3) 6.7 (0.2) 2.3 (0.1) 2.0 (0.1) 0.5 (0.1)
Missed school days ≥15days 54.3 (2.6) 11.3 (1.5) 16.1 (1.9) 8.3 (1.4) 9.6 (1.3) 0.4 (0.2)
Schoolwork***
Missed school days <15days 69.8 (0.5) 14.4 (0.4) 10.6 (0.3) 2.9 (0.1) 2.0 (0.1) 0.3 (0.1)
Missed school days ≥15days 45.3 (2.7) 15.2 (1.9) 17.9 (1.9) 8.9 (1.5) 12.7 (1.7) 0.1 (0.1)
Behavior at home***
Missed school days <15days 62.7 (0.6) 22.0 (0.5) 11.6 (0.3) 2.5 (0.1) 1.1 (0.1) 0.1 (0.1)
Missed school days ≥15days 42.6 (2.3) 22.5 (2.2) 22.0 (2.1) 7.2 (1.2) 5.7 (1.1) 0.0 (0.0)
Staying out of trouble***
Missed school days <15days 77.0 (0.5) 14.0 (0.4) 6.2 (0.2) 1.5 (0.1) 1.0 (0.1) 0.2 (0.1)
Missed school days ≥15days 62.3 (2.4) 14.5 (1.5) 13.7 (1.6) 4.5 (1.1) 5.0 (1.1) 0.0 (0.0)
***

p < .001.

Higher score indicates a greater impairment (0 = no problem, 4 = a very big problem; 5 = do not know or this question is not applicable to the child).