Sawyer M G, Baghurst P, Clark J
Evaluation Unit, Adelaide Children's Hospital, South Australia.
Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 1992 Dec;26(4):652-60. doi: 10.3109/00048679209072102.
This study describes the different prevalences obtained when varying combinations of informants were used to identify emotional and behavioural disorders in a representative sample of 336 children living in two-parent families in the community of Adelaide, South Australia. When different informants were used to identify children with disorders, the estimated prevalences ranged from 3.3 +/- 1.6% to 17.9 +/- 4.1% for younger children, and 6.0 +/- 2.9% to 19.9 +/- 4.9% for older children. Results from the study highlight potential methodological problems which arise in epidemiological studies due to differences between reports from children, parents, and teachers describing childhood emotional and behavioural problems.
本研究描述了在南澳大利亚阿德莱德社区对336名生活在双亲家庭中的儿童进行代表性抽样时，使用不同组合的信息提供者来识别情绪和行为障碍时所获得的不同患病率。当使用不同的信息提供者来识别患有障碍的儿童时，年幼儿童的估计患病率在3.3±1.6%至17.9±4.1%之间，年长儿童的估计患病率在6.0±2.9%至19.9±4.9%之间。该研究结果突出了在流行病学研究中由于儿童、父母和教师描述儿童情绪和行为问题的报告存在差异而产生的潜在方法学问题。
