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Table 2 Numbers of children with a psychological or social diagnosis, in different gender/age categories, in Eureka practices before and after the start of the Eureka project (per 1,000 visiting patients)

From: A new approach to child mental healthcare within general practice

 

4 Eureka practices

t-test: pre-test (2009) vs post-test (2011)

Year

2009

2011

 

 Number of visiting children

1674

1577

 

 Number of psychosocial diagnoses/1000 patients (4–18 years)

102

134

t = − 4.28 (p < .001)

 Number of psychosocial diagnoses/1000 boys 4–10 year

144

145

t = −.49 (n.s.)

 Number of psychosocial diagnoses/1000 girls 4–10 year

79

93

t = −1.41 (n.s.)

 Number of psychosocial diagnoses/1000 boys 11–18 years

81

150

t = −.4.04 (p < .001)

 Number of psychosocial diagnoses/1000 girls 11–18 years

106

142

t = −2.52 (p < .05)