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Table 1 Levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms, attention difficulties and conduct difficulties in girls and boys with and without recurrent headache

From: Anxiety, depression and behavioral problems among adolescents with recurrent headache: the Young-HUNT study

 

Boys (n = 2352)

Girls (n = 2520)

12-14 years (n = 952)

15-17 years (n = 1400)

12-14 years (n = 1002)

15-17 years (n = 1518)

Recurrent headache

Headache free

Recurrent headache

Headache free

Recurrent headache

Headache free

Recurrent headache

Headache free

(n = 195)

(n = 757)

(n = 318)

(n = 1082)

(n = 331)

(n = 671)

(n = 571)

(n = 947)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Symptoms of anxiety and depression

1.39 (0.43)

1.25 (0.35)

1.50 (0.54)

1.33 (0.41)

1.53 (0.52)

1.37 (0.43)

1.73 (0.60)

1.55 (0.51)

Attention difficulties

2.08 (0.66)

1.94 (0.61)

2.42 (0.71)

2.20 (0,68)

2.12 (0.67)

2.03 (0.60)

2.35 (0,68)

2.20 (0.58)

Conduct difficulties

1.46 (0.43)

1.39 (0.40)

1.51 (0.46)

1.41 (0.40)

1.27 (0.34)

1.25 (0.29)

1.34 (0.35)

1.30 (0.32)

  1. Abbreviations: n number; SD standard deviation.