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Behaviour Disorder in Pre-school Children in Hong Kong

A Two-Stage Epidemiological Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Siu-Luen Luk ,
Patrick Wing-Leung Leung ,
John Bacon-Shone ,
See-Yuen Chung ,
Peter Wing-Ho Lee ,
Sylvia Chen ,
Richard Ng ,
Felice Lieh-Mak ,
Lillian Ko  and
Virginia C. N. Wong
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Siu-Luen Luk*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand
Patrick Wing-Leung Leung
Affiliation:
Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital at Sandy Bay, Sandy Bay, Hong Kong
John Bacon-Shone
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, University of Hong Kong
See-Yuen Chung
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong
Peter Wing-Ho Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong
Sylvia Chen
Affiliation:
Children's Assessment Centre, Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital at Sandy Bay, Sandy Bay, Hong Kong
Richard Ng
Affiliation:
Children's Assessment Centre, Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital at Sandy Bay, Sandy Bay, Hong Kong
Felice Lieh-Mak
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatrics, University of Hong Kong
Lillian Ko
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatrics, University of Hong Kong
Virginia C. N. Wong
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatrics, University of Hong Kong
C. Y. Yeung
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatrics, University of Hong Kong
*
∗ Correspondence
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Abstract

A representative sample of 855 Hong-Kong Chinese children aged 36–48 months were assessed using the BSQ and the PBCL. Good reliability for both instruments were found. For the BSQ and PBCL, 12.75% and 27.5% were above the cut-off points of 10+ and 12 + respectively and 5.9% were above both cut-off points. In the second stage, 234 subjects were recruited by stratified random sampling according to the results of the screening stage. A clinician interviewed the parent, child and teacher before making a diagnosis. The prevalence of behaviour disorder was: nil, 53.7%; dubious, 23.1 %; mild, 18.0%; moderate, 4.5%; and severe, 0.7%. There were significantly more boys in the categories mild, moderate and severe.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 158 , Issue 2 , February 1991 , pp. 213 - 221
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991 

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