Table 1: Characteristics, type and prevalence of anxiety disorder in the included studies.
Author, year |
Age range |
Assessment tool |
Study sample |
Any ADs |
GAD |
Phobia |
Social phobia |
Separation anxiety |
PTSD |
OCD |
|||||||
event |
% |
event |
% |
event |
% |
event |
% |
event |
% |
event |
% |
event |
% |
||||
Achiko, 2019 |
12-17 |
SCARED |
299 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
189 |
63 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Asfawesen, 2018 |
10-14 |
HADS |
297 |
- |
- |
52 |
18 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Fekadu, 2006 |
5-15 |
DSM-III-R |
472 |
12 |
2.5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
7 |
1.5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Kebede, 1997 |
6-18 |
DICA-R |
255 |
153 |
2 |
29 |
11.4 |
68 |
26.7 |
11 |
4.3 |
45 |
17.7 |
3 |
1.2 |
16 |
6.3 |
Ashenafi, 2001 |
5-15 |
DSM-II-R |
1477 |
24 |
5 |
7 |
0.5 |
11 |
0.7 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
9 |
0.6 |
- |
- |
Mulatu, 1999 |
6-11 |
CBCL |
611 |
29 |
4.7 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Desta, 2008 |
6-15 |
DICA-R |
668 |
11 |
1.6 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
0.4 |
1 |
0.03 |
1 |
0.1 |
Alem, 2006 |
8-15 |
DICA-R |
400 |
12 |
3 |
- |
- |
21 |
5.3 |
- |
- |
2 |
0.5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Nyundo, 2019 |
10-19 |
- |
1059 |
- |
- |
132 |
12.5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Nyundo, 2019 |
10-19 |
- |
951 |
- |
- |
84 |
9 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Asnake, 2016 |
15-24 |
ASEBA |
403 |
42 |
10.4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Awas, 1999 |
15-24 |
CIDI |
112 |
8 |
7 |
- |
- |
7 |
6 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Kebede, 2005 |
15-24 |
CIDI |
613 |
65 |
11 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Wendemagegn, 2017 |
15-24 |
DSM-IV |
215 |
- |
- |
50 |
23 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Kebede, 1999 |
15-24 |
CIDI |
529 |
40 |
8 |
53 |
10 |
27 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Tafari, 1991 |
15-24 |
HRSRS |
418 |
21 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Note: ASEBA: Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment; CBCL: Child Behaviour Checklist; CIDI: Composite International Diagnostic Interview; DICA-R: Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescent; DSM-IV: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for mental health 4th Edition; HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; HRSRS: Holmes-Rahe Social Readjustment Scale; SCARED: Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders.