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Table 4 Psychiatric morbidity between rural and urban school-going adolescents

From: Prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among school-going adolescents in the age group of 13–19 years

Diagnosis

Urban (n = 150)

Rural (n = 199)

 

Male

(n = 73)

Female

(n = 77)

Total

Male

(n = 122)

Female

(n = 77)

Total

Chi-square/Fisher’s test

Depression

10 (13.6)

10 (12.9)

20 (13.3)

19 (15.5)

9 (11.6)

28 (14.0)

0.039a

OCD

5 (6.8)

2 (2.5)

7 (4.6)

6 (4.9)

1 (1.2)

7 (3.5)

0.293b

Panic disorder

0

2 (2.5)

2 (1.3)

0

3 (3.8)

3 (1.5)

0.018b

Self-harm behavior

0

6 (7.7)

6 (4.0)

0

3 (3.8)

3 (1.5)

2.115b

GAD

2 (2.7)

2 (2.5)

4 (2.6)

3 (2.4)

2 (2.5)

5 (2.5)

0.008b

Social anxiety

1 (1.3)

1 (1.3)

2 (1.3)

4 (3.2)

2 (2.5)

6 (3.0)

0.605b

Dysthymia

2 (2.7)

1 (1.2)

3 (2.0)

1 (0.8)

2 (2.5)

3 (1.5)

0.585b

Adjustment disorder

1 (1.3)

1 (1.3)

2 (1.3)

1 (0.8)

0

1 (0.5)

0.081b

  1. aChi-square
  2. bFisher’s test