Anxiety and Somatic Symptoms in Children and Adolescents Diagnosed with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Table 2

Comparison of the scale scores of the newly diagnosed, treatment-naive ADHD group, ADHD group with treatment, and the control group.

	Newly diagnosed, treatment-naive ADHD		ADHD with treatment		Control (non-ADHD)
	Mean ± S.D.	Median	Mean ± S.D.	Median	Mean ± S.D.	Median
DSM-IV-based child and adolescent behavior disorders screening and rating scale
Attention deficit	19.59 ± 4.35	19.0	13.49 ± 7.33	14.0	3.41 ± 3.63	2.0	0.001
Hyperactivity	13.81 ± 6.83	14.0	11.54 ± 6.74	10.0	3.22 ± 4.25	1.0	0.001
Oppositional defiant disorder	12.43 ± 5.47	13.0	8.00 ± 6.85	7.0	3.89 ± 4.27	3.0	0.001
Conduct disorder	2.49 ± 3.23	1.0	1.59 ± 3.07	0.0	0.22 ± 0.53	0.0	0.001
Total	48.32 ± 14.62	46.0	34.62 ± 19.53	31.0	10.73 ± 9.61	9.0	0.001
SCARED
Panic/somatic symptom	3.16 ± 3.46	2.00	1.78 ± 2.69	1.00	1.59 ± 2.30	1.0	0.038
Separation anxiety	4.81 ± 3.20	4.00	3.68 ± 2.42	4.00	2.68 ± 2.61	2.0	0.007
Generalized anxiety	5.24 ± 6.61	5.00	3.35 ± 3.44	2.00	2.70 ± 3.20	2.0	0.001
Social phobia	6.11 ± 3.36	6.00	4.86 ± 3.83	5.00	3.05 ± 3.09	2.0	0.001
School phobia	1.97 ± 2.15	1.00	0.81 ± 1.48	0.00	0.51 ± 0.76	0.0	0.001
Total	21.30 ± 11.44	20.00	14.49 ± 9.96	13.00	10.62 ± 9.78	9.0	0.001
DSM-5 level 2 somatic symptom scale
Total	3.09 ± 2.90	2.31	2.06 ± 2.89	1.15	1.37 ± 1.91	1.2	0.012

, Kruskal-Wallis test. S.D.: standard deviation; SCARED: screen for child anxiety and related disorders.