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Table 3 Depressive symptoms in children (%)

From: Recognition of depression in children in general hospital-based paediatric units in Kenya: practice and policy implications

 

All sites

KNH

Embu

Kiambu

Kikuyu

Kajiado

Kibera

Makindu

Naivasha

Magadi

Patients, n

344

103

23

112

23

19

21

24

9

10

CDI scores:

          

Normal, <10

58.7

49.5

30.4

60.7

78.3

63.2

95.2

70.8

33.3

60.0

Mild, 11 to 26

36.0

47.6

56.5

32.1

21.7

21.1

4.8

29.2

55.6

40.0

Moderate, 27 to 40

5.2

2.9

13.0

7.1

0

15.8

0

0

11.1

0

  1. CDI = Children's Depression Inventory; KNH = Kenyatta National Hospital.
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Annals of General Psychiatry

ISSN: 1744-859X