Determinants of parents' experiences with outpatient child and adolescent mental health services

Table 2 Characteristics of parents/primary caregivers and their children

	n		%	Mean (SD)	Median
Child's age in years	7906			11.3 (3.22)	12
Parents' age in years	7693			40.3 (6.62)	40
Child's gender	7903	Female	37
		Male	63
Diagnosis axes 1, 2, 3 and 5 ^a	7906	Hyperkinetic or conduct disorders (F90, F91, F92)	30
		Emotional disorders (F3, F4, F5, F93)	18
		Developmental disorders (F7, F8)	8
		Psychosocial problems only (Axis 5)	9
		No mental or behavioural disorders or psychosocial problems	8
		Other mental or behavioural disorders (F0, F1, F2, F6, F94-F99)	7
		Not coded or invalid code used	21
Axis 6 (Global Assessment of Psychosocial Disability scale) ^a	4945	0 Superior/good social functioning	2
		1 Moderate social functioning	17
		2 Slight social disability	27
		3 Moderate social disability	34
		4 Serious social disability	16
		5 Serious and pervasive social disability	3
		6 Unable to function in most areas	1
		7 Gross and pervasive social disability	0
		8 Profound and pervasive social disability	0
Previously treated by CAMHS	7651	Never	74
		Once	11
		More than once	14
Parents' gender	7639	Female	85
		Male	15
Marital status	7700	Married	54
		Cohabitant	19
		Neither married nor cohabitant	27
Household's highest education level	7787	Primary school	7
		High school	41
		University graduate	30
		University postgraduate	22
Number of parents in paid work	7906	0	17
		1	41
		2	42
Parents' ethnic background	6352	Norwegian	89
		Western or mixed	8
		Non-Western	2
Native language	7718	Norwegian	95
		Sami	0
		Other Nordic	1
		Other European	2
		Non-European	2

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