Behaviour disorder in pre-school children in Hong Kong. A two-stage epidemiological study.
A representative sample of 855 Hong-Kong Chinese children aged 36-48 months were assessed using the BSQ and the PBCL. Good reliability for both instruments were found. For the BSQ and PBCL, 12.75% and 27.5% were above the cut-off points of 10+ and 12+ respectively and 5.9% were above both cut-off points. In the second stage, 234 subjects were recruited by stratified random sampling according to the results of the screening state. A clinician interviewed the parent, child and teacher before making a diagnosis. The prevalence of behaviour disorder was: nil, 53.7%; dubious, 23.1%; mild, 18.0%; moderate, 4.5%; and severe, 0.7%. There were significantly more boys in the categories mild, moderate and severe.
Luk
S L
SL
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Leung
P W
PW
Bacon-Shone
J
J
Chung
S Y
SY
Lee
P W
PW
Chen
S
S
Ng
R
R
Lieh-Mak
F
F
Ko
L
L
Wong
V C
VC
D000328:Adult; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002656:Child Day Care Centers; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006723:Hong Kong / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008131:London / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D015995:Prevalence; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012574:Schools; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching