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Prevalence of anxiety disorders in children | ||
| Medical Journal of Tikrit | ||
| Article 1, Volume 1, Issue 111, 2012, Pages 29-38 | ||
| Author | ||
| Shatha Abdul-Rahman | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of anxiety disorders among children 7-12 years old by purposive sampling of all lecturers (mothers and fathers) who had this group of child’s age at second part of Mosul University from November 2006 - February 2007. The study enrolled that out of 149 children are assessed, 49 had anxiety disorders making a point prevalence of (32.9%) with a female to male ratio of (1.2:1). In age group 7-8 years the highest prevalent disorders are separation anxiety disorders and specific phobia. While at the age group 9- 10 years PTSD shows a highest fraction. At the age group 11-12 years the most common disorders is generalized anxiety disorder. The present study revealed that anxiety disorders are significantly influenced by multiple factors from those were; age of the child; parents who had any psychological and organic diseases; stressful life events; negative temperament; any disease in a child himherself; education of a father and family history of psychiatric illnesses. Whereas education of mother, family types, socioeconomic status, crowding index, unemployed fathers, and working mothers played no significant role in modifying the occurrence of anxiety disorders | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Prevalence of anxiety disorders in children | ||
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