Table 1. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics by trajectories of psychopathology (n = 1,400).
| No psychiatric diagnosis (n = 861) | Incident psychiatric diagnosis (n = 177) | Remittent psychiatric diagnosis (n = 213) | Persistent psychiatric diagnosis (n = 149) | Overall sample (n = 1,400) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | p | |
| Sociodemographic characteristics | ||||||
| Male gender | 503 (58.4) | 81 (45.8) | 134 (62.9) | 83 (55.7) | 801 (57.2) | 0.005 |
| Female gender | 358 (41.6) | 96 (54.2) | 79 (37.1) | 66 (44.3) | 599 (42.8) | |
| Age, mean (s.d) | 14.50 (2.02) | 14.58 (1.90) | 14.39 (1.88) | 14.67 (1.99) | 14.51 (1.98) | 0.564 |
| High SEG | 359 (41.7) | 63 (35.6) | 71 (33.3) | 61 (40.9) | 554 (39.6) | 0.095 |
| Low SEG | 502 (58.3) | 114 (64.4) | 142 (66.7) | 88 (59.1) | 846 (60.4) | |
| White ethnicity | 484 (56.2) | 106 (60.2) | 116 (54.5) | 84 (57.1) | 790 (56.6) | 0.704 |
| Non-White ethnicity | 377 (43.8) | 70 (39.8) | 97 (45.5) | 63 (42.9) | 607 (43.5) | |
| Guardians characteristics | ||||||
| Maternal no/basic education | 387 (45.1) | 78 (44.6) | 96 (45.3) | 59 (39.9) | 620 (44.5) | 0.953 |
| Maternal secondary education | 384 (44.8) | 78 (44.6) | 93 (43.9) | 71 (48.0) | 626 (44.9) | |
| Maternal university education | 87 (10.14) | 19 (10.9) | 23 (10.9) | 18 (12.2) | 147 (10.6) | |
| Clinical characteristics | ||||||
| Any Psychiatric Diagnosis | - | 177 (54.3) | - | 149 (45.7) | 326 (23.3) | <0.001 |
| Fear-related | - | 92 (52.0) | - | 72 (48.3) | 164 (11.7) | <0.001 |
| Distress-related | - | 70 (40.0) | - | 60 (40.3) | 130 (9.3) | <0.001 |
| Externalising | - | 49 (27.7) | - | 68 (45.6) | 117 (8.4) | 0.001 |
| SDQ impact mean score (s.d) | 0.28 (0.73) | 1.49 (1.91) | 0.78 (1.51) | 2.62 (2.41) | 0.78 (1.52) | <0.001 |
| Mental health-related service use | ||||||
| 12-months service use | 43 (5.0) | 32 (18.0) | 27 (12.7) | 41 (27.5) | 143 (10.2) | <0.001 |
| Mean service use costs USD$ (s.d) | 326.41 (395.53) | 581.90 (1360.19) | 644.35 (795.50) | 628.50 (901.02) | 527.14 (908.10) | 0.400 |
Notes: Results in bold are significant. SEG, socioeconomic group; SDQ, Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire. 3 missing data in ethnicity variable, 10 missing data in maternal education variable.