Structure, reliability, and validity of the revised child anxiety and depression scale (RCADS) in a multi-ethnic urban sample of Dutch children

Table 3 Medians (interquartile ranges) and means (standard deviations) of the RCADS scales in a multi-ethnic sample of Dutch children aged 8-13 years in the total sample and by gender

Scale (range of scores)	Total sample		Boys		Girls
Scale (range of scores)	n =3601^a		n = 1712^a		n = 1885^a
	Med (IQR)	M (SD)	Med (IQR)	M (SD)	Med (IQR)	M (SD)
RCADS (0–141)	24 (25)	28.4 (20.2)	21 (22)	25.0 (17.9)	26 (28) ^b	31.6 (21.6)
Anxiety (0–111)	19 (21)	22.8 (16.9)	16 (17)	19.7 (14.9)	21 (23) ^b	25.6 (18.1)
GAD (0–18)	3 (4)	4.3 (3.6)	3 (5)	3.9 (3.4)	4 (5) ^b	4.7 (3.7)
SP (0–27)	7 (7)	7.7 (5.2)	6 (6)	6.5 (4.6)	8 (7) ^b	8.9 (5.5)
SAD (0–21)	2 (4)	2.7 (3.2)	1 (3)	2.1 (2.7)	2 (4) ^b	3.3 (3.5)
PD (0–27)	3 (5)	4.2 (4.3)	2 (4)	3.6 (3.7)	4 (6) ^b	4.8 (4.6)
OCD (0–18)	3 (5)	3.9 (3.5)	3 (5)	3.7 (3.3)	3 (5)	4.0 (3.6)
MDD (0–30)	5 (6)	5.7 (4.1)	5 (6)	5.3 (4.0)	5 (5) ^b	6.0 (4.3)

RCADS = Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale. GAD = Generalized Anxiety Disorder. SP = Social Phobia. SAD = Separation Anxiety Disorder. PD = Panic Disorder. OCD = Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. MDD = Major Depressive Disorder. Med = Median; IQR = interquartile range; M = mean; SD = standard deviation. ^aN may vary because of missing values per scale. ^bDifference from boys is significant at p < 0.001