TY - JOUR
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Generalized anxiety disorder
KW - Intervention
KW - Spain
KW - Adolescents
KW - anxiety disorders
KW - comorbidity
KW - Prevalence
KW - Schoolchildren
AU - Luis Rojo Moreno
AU - Sergio Arques Egea
AU - José Javier Plumed Domingo
AU - María Antonia Barberá Fons
AU - Javier Castelló Gascó
AU - Lorenzo Livianos Aldana
AU - Natalia Gimeno Clemente
AB - The epidemiological data on Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) are relatively scant in children and adolescents. This study attempts to determine the prevalence and comorbidity of GAD in a sample of adolescent schoolchildren from the province of Valencia. The study population, aged from 12 to 16 years(14.04 ± 1.22), came from a series of secondary schools. The study has a crossover design, using a diagnostic interview (K-SADS) conducted by mental health professionals with a single intervention. The prevalence rate for GAD in the final sample of 962 individuals was 3% (2.4% males; 3.7% females). Prevalence was highest for both groups at 14 years of age. Of the participants with GAD, 58% had at least one other psychiatric diagnosis, the most common being another anxiety disorder (48.3%), The prevalence and comorbidity rates found, in the absence of any prior data in our environment, are similar to those described in other settings; therefore, early detection would allow early intervention.
IS - 2-3
M3 - Journal Article
N1 - Copyright - © 2014, Editores de Ansiedad y Estrés<br/><br/>Fecha de revisión - 20150810<br/><br/>Última actualización - 2016-11-19<br/><br/>SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Anxiety<br/>2834 2835 2842 553 8698 ; Generalized Anxiety Disorder<br/>2449 3526 5144 554 8698 ; Intervention<br/>4467 8698 ; 2950 5094 7586 8250 8698 ; 2599 526 6664 8698
N2 - The epidemiological data on Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) are relatively scant in children and adolescents. This study attempts to determine the prevalence and comorbidity of GAD in a sample of adolescent schoolchildren from the province of Valencia. The study population, aged from 12 to 16 years(14.04 ± 1.22), came from a series of secondary schools. The study has a crossover design, using a diagnostic interview (K-SADS) conducted by mental health professionals with a single intervention. The prevalence rate for GAD in the final sample of 962 individuals was 3% (2.4% males; 3.7% females). Prevalence was highest for both groups at 14 years of age. Of the participants with GAD, 58% had at least one other psychiatric diagnosis, the most common being another anxiety disorder (48.3%), The prevalence and comorbidity rates found, in the absence of any prior data in our environment, are similar to those described in other settings; therefore, early detection would allow early intervention.
PB - Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés
PY - 2014
SN - 2174-0437/1134-7937
SP - 237
EP - 245
T2 - Ansiedad y Estrés
TI - Prevalence and comorbidity of generalized anxiety disorder in a sample of Spanish adolescent school children
VL - 20
ER -