Table 4 Demographic and clinical characteristics of adolescents according to referral for further treatment among those who completed the intervention
Need for further treatment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
No n = 543 | Yes n = 913 | P value | |
Age, mean (SD) | 16.9 (2.7) | 17.4 (2.7) | < 0.001 1 |
Sex (%) | |||
Girls | 70.9 | 72.2 | 0.60 1 |
Education (%) | 0.001 1 | ||
Comprehensive school | 54.5 | 47.1 | |
High School | 21.7 | 19.4 | |
Vocational School/Secondary education | 15.3 | 24.4 | |
College/University | 7.7 | 8.3 | |
Dropped out of school/Not known | 0.7 | 0.8 | |
Occupation (%) | 0.08 2 | ||
Student | 90.1 | 85.4 | |
Employed | 5.2 | 7.0 | |
Unemployed | 2.0 | 3.1 | |
Other | 2.8 | 4.5 | |
Referral (%) | 0.02 2 | ||
Adolescent | 33.7 | 32.1 | |
Parents | 36.5 | 30.7 | |
School personnel | 17.7 | 19.5 | |
Psychiatric care personnel | 1.8 | 3.6 | |
Other | 10.3 | 14.1 | |
Previous contacts caused by current problems (%) | < 0.001 2 | ||
No previous contacts | 45.7 | 34.7 | |
Psychiatric care | 3.3 | 5.9 | |
Public health care | 20.1 | 26.9 | |
Social worker | 5.5 | 6.1 | |
School | 20.8 | 20.5 | |
Other | 4.6 | 5.8 | |
The main reason for contact (%) | < 0.001 2 | ||
Sleeping problems | 5.0 | 3.4 | |
School/Work | 12.5 | 11.0 | |
Mood | 27.8 | 35.5 | |
Anxiety | 14.2 | 18.6 | |
Relationships | 18.6 | 11.3 | |
Self-harming behaviour | 0.9 | 2.3 | |
Antisocial/violent behaviour | 6.8 | 5.8 | |
Eating problem | 1.8 | 2.8 | |
Addiction | 2.9 | 2.7 | |
Traumatic experiences | 4.6 | 1.9 | |
Other psychic symptoms 3 | 4.8 | 4.7 | |
Self-harming behaviour (%) | 13.3 | 32.0 | < 0.001 2 |
Suicide attempt (%) | 0.9 | 5.4 | < 0.001 2 |
Previous psychiatric treatment (%) | 21.4 | 37.3 | < 0.001 2 |
Parents took part in assessment period (%) | 49.2 | 52.5 | 0.22 2 |
Previous contact with child welfare services (%) | 10.1 | 17.7 | < 0.001 2 |
Contact with child welfare services in this assessment (%) | 5.7 | 16.8 | < 0.001 2 |
GAS at entry (Mean (SD)) | 61.7 (8.3) | 53.5 (9.0) | < 0.001 1 |
GAS at the end (Mean (SD)) | 69.3 (8.4) | 56.1 (10.4) | < 0.001 1 |
Priority rating scale score (Mean (SD)) | 24.3 (21.9) | 48.6 (25.5) | < 0.001 1 |