Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, Christian Medical College, Vellore, 632 002, Tamil Nadu, Southern India,
Indian J Pediatr. 2013 Nov;80 Suppl 2:S132-8. doi: 10.1007/s12098-013-1206-5. Epub 2013 Sep 20.
The Anxiety Disorders among adolescents (ADad) study aimed to document the prevalence, clinical pattern, co-morbidities, predictive factors, relationship with depression, associated suicidal phenomenon and school phobia of Anxiety Disorders in a rural community population in India. This paper reviews the rationale and study design used as well as discusses the strengths and limitations of the survey.
The ADad was a cross-sectional study that recruited 537 adolescents, with anganwadi workers, representative of the population aged 11-19 y. Trained raters independently administered the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), SAD PERSONS scale and Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children/Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL). Appropriate bivariate and multivariate statistical analyses were done.
Five hundred adolescents opted to participate and completed the study. About 37% of boys and 63.4% of girls responded to the measures, almost comparable with the gender distribution in the panchayat.
The ADad study creates a comprehensive database on validation of measure, the prevalence, clinical pattern, co-morbidities, predictive factors, relationship with depression, associated outcomes of suicidal phenomenon, school phobia, impairment associated with Anxiety Disorders and policy recommendations in a community population of adolescents in India. These data will enable policy makers to rationally plan clinical services and prevention programs for the target population.
青少年焦虑障碍（ADad）研究旨在记录印度农村社区人群中焦虑障碍的患病率、临床模式、共病情况、预测因素、与抑郁的关系、与自杀现象相关的结果以及学校恐惧症。本文回顾了使用的基本原理和研究设计，并讨论了该调查的优势和局限性。
ADad 是一项横断面研究，招募了 537 名青少年，由代表 11-19 岁人群的安加瓦迪工人组成。经过培训的评估员独立使用儿童焦虑相关情绪障碍筛查量表（SCARED）、贝克抑郁量表（BDI）、SAD 个人量表和儿童情感障碍和精神分裂症的时间表/现在和终身版（K-SADS-PL）进行评估。进行了适当的双变量和多变量统计分析。
约 500 名青少年选择参与并完成了研究。约 37%的男孩和 63.4%的女孩对这些措施做出了回应，与 panchayat 的性别分布几乎相当。
ADad 研究在印度的青少年社区人群中创建了一个关于验证措施、患病率、临床模式、共病情况、预测因素、与抑郁的关系、自杀现象相关结果、学校恐惧症、与焦虑障碍相关的损害以及政策建议的综合数据库。这些数据将使决策者能够为目标人群合理规划临床服务和预防计划。
