Your privacy, your choice

We use essential cookies to make sure the site can function. We also use optional cookies for advertising, personalisation of content, usage analysis, and social media.

By accepting optional cookies, you consent to the processing of your personal data - including transfers to third parties. Some third parties are outside of the European Economic Area, with varying standards of data protection.

See our privacy policy for more information on the use of your personal data.

for further information and to change your choices.

Skip to main content

Table 2 Mean SDQ scales scores for adolescents in the MHC and no-MHC group

From: Adolescents’ multiple, recurrent subjective health complaints: investigating associations with emotional/behavioural difficulties in a cross-sectional, school-based study

SDQ scales

No MR-SHC

MR-SHC

P

N (%)

N (%)

Emotional symptoms

2.1 (1.7)

3.5 (1.9)

<0.001

Conduct problems

2.5 (1.4)

3.5 (1.6)

<0.001

Hyperactivity/Inattention

2.9 (2.0)

4.4 (2.1)

<0.001

Peer problems

1.6 (1.6)

2.2 (1.8)

<0.001

Prosocial behaviour

8.1 (1.8)

7.9 (1.9)

0.087

Total difficulties

9.0 (4.7)

13.5 (4.8)

<0.001

  1. Adolescents with low levels of SHC.
  2. MR-SHC group: adolescents with multiple, recurrent SHC.