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Prevalence, Comorbidity and Predictors of Anxiety Disorders Among Children and Adolescents Publisher Pubmed



Mohammadi MR1 ; Ahmadi N2 ; Yazdi FR3 ; Khaleghi A1 ; Mostafavi SA1 ; Hooshyari Z1 ; Molavi P4 ; Sarraf N5 ; Hojjat SK6 ; Mohammadzadeh S7 ; Amiri S8 ; Arman S9 ; Ghanizadeh A10 ; Ahmadipour A11 Show All Authors
Authors
  1. Mohammadi MR1
  2. Ahmadi N2
  3. Yazdi FR3
  4. Khaleghi A1
  5. Mostafavi SA1
  6. Hooshyari Z1
  7. Molavi P4
  8. Sarraf N5
  9. Hojjat SK6
  10. Mohammadzadeh S7
  11. Amiri S8
  12. Arman S9
  13. Ghanizadeh A10
  14. Ahmadipour A11
  15. Ostovar R12
  16. Nazari H13
  17. Hosseini SH14
  18. Golbon A15
  19. Derakhshanpour F16
  20. Delpisheh A17
  21. Talepasand S18
  22. Mojahed A19
  23. Motlagh NH20
  24. Yazdi ASH21
  25. Ahmadpanah M22
  26. Dastjerdi R23
  27. Amirian H24
  28. Kian AA25
  29. Safavi P26
  30. Kousha M27
  31. Alaghmand A28
  32. Shahrbabaki ME29
  33. Mehrparvar AH30
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Authors Affiliations
  1. 1. Psychiatry and Psychology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Yazd Cardiovascular Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
  3. 3. Master of Educational Psychology, Yazd University, Iran
  4. 4. Department of Psychiatry, Fatemi Hospital, Ardabil University of Medical Science, Ardebil, Iran
  5. 5. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Qazvin, Iran
  6. 6. Addiction and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran
  7. 7. Department of Psychiatry, Neuroscience Research Center, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
  8. 8. Research Center of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
  9. 9. Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  10. 10. Department of Psychiatry, Hafez Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
  11. 11. Department of Psychiatry, Booshehr University of Medical Sciences, Khalij-E Fars Hospital, Booshehr, Iran
  12. 12. Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran
  13. 13. Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorram Abad, Iran
  14. 14. Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Addiction Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
  15. 15. Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran
  16. 16. Golestan Psychiatric Research Center, Gholestan University of Medical Sciences, Gholestan, Iran
  17. 17. Department of Clinical Epidemiology Faculty of Medicine Psychosocial Injuries Research Center Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
  18. 18. Semnan University, Semnan, Iran
  19. 19. Department of Clinical Psychology, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
  20. 20. Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
  21. 21. Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
  22. 22. Research Center for Behavioral Disorders and Substance Abuse, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
  23. 23. Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
  24. 24. Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
  25. 25. Department of Psychiatry, Zanjan University of Medical Science, Zanjan, Iran
  26. 26. Clinical Research Development Unit, Hajar Hospital, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran
  27. 27. Department of Pediatric Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
  28. 28. Department of Pyschiatry, Medical Science University of Arak, Arak, Iran
  29. 29. Department of Psychiatry, Neuroscience Research Center and Institue of Neuropharmachology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
  30. 30. Industrial Diseases Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry Published:2020


Abstract

Childhood anxiety may lead to serious health consequences in later life. The present study provides the prevalence, comorbidity, and predictors of anxiety disorders among children and adolescents. This was a cross-sectional national project that was implemented on 28,698 children and adolescents in Iran. Participants entered the study by multistage cluster sampling with an equal number of each gender and three age groups (6-9, 10-14, and 15-18 years) within each cluster. The tools used in this research were the demographic questionnaire and K-SADS-PL. To analyze the data logistic regression and chi-square tests were used in SPSS (ver. 16). The prevalence of anxiety disorder in children and adolescents was 13.2 in boys and 15.1 in girls. Furthermore, gender, age, place of residence and history of psychiatric hospitalization of parents could predict anxiety disorders. Anxiety disorders had comorbidity with behavioral disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, mood disorders, psychotic disorders, substance abuse disorders, and elimination disorders. According to our findings in this study, anxiety disorders affect the performance, health and life of children and adolescents, identifying the childhood anxiety, as well as finding diseases that are associated with anxiety disorders, can help in the prevention of the disorder. © 2020 Elsevier B.V.
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