TABLE 1.
Authors (year) | Sample size | Interview | Timeframe | Prevalence rates |
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Blanz et al. (1993) 5 | N = 92 | Semi‐structured interview for the psychiatric assessment of children developed by Graham and Rutter | Within the last 6 months | Separate prevalence rates not reported |
Kovacs et al. (1997) 6 | N = 92 | Interview Schedule for Children and Adolescents (ISCA) | From diagnosis up to 10 year follow‐up | Anxiety disorders: 19.6% (N = 18) |
Major depression or dysthymic disorder: 26.1% (N = 24) | ||||
Northam et al. (2004) 7 | N = 41 | Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents—Version Four (DICA‐IV) | Current (after 10 years of diagnosis) | Anxiety disorders: 17.1% (N = 7) |
Mood disorders: 17.1% (N = 7) | ||||
Liakopoulou et al. (2001) 8 | N = 55 | Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School‐Age Children (KSADS‐P) | Current | Prevalence rates not reported |
Butwicka et al. (2016) 9 | N = 207 | Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for Children—Present and Lifetime version (KSADS‐PL) | Current | Anxiety disorders: 11.6% (N = 24) |
Mood disorders: 3.9% (N = 8) | ||||
Lifetime | Anxiety disorders: 15% (N = 31) | |||
Mood disorders: 4.3% (N = 9) | ||||
Berger et al. (2018) 10 | N = 241 | Children's Diagnostic Interview for Psychiatric Disorders (CDI‐MD) | Current and lifetime | Anxiety disorders*: 21.2% (N = 51) |
Depression (all subtypes) and dysthymia: 12.4% (N = 30) |
Note: We summed the separate rates for disorder, agoraphobia, specific (isolated) phobias, social phobia, obsessive–compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder to obtain an overall prevalence rate of anxiety disorders.