Validity of aspects of adolescent psychiatric disorder in predicting young adult criminal activity
| Aspect of adolescent psychiatric disorder | Criminal involvement | No criminal involvement | Crude relative risk | 95% CI | Adjusted† relative risk | 95% CI | Sensitivity (95% CI) | Specificity (95% CI) | Predictive value positive (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *The highest quartiles comprised the target groups on the symptom scales, and the lowest quartile comprised the target group on the adaptive functioning scales; †adjusted for age, gender and social class. | |||||||||
| Psychiatric diagnosis | |||||||||
| Any diagnosis | 13 | 56 | 1.91 | 0.91 to 4.04 | 2.78 | 1.09 to 7.08 | 0.542 | 0.643 | 0.188 |
| No diagnosis | 11 | 101 | (0.332 to 0.738) | (0.563 to 0.717) | (0.108 to 0.304) | ||||
| Depressive Dx | 2 | 6 | 1.97 | 0.56 to 6.95 | 3.22 | 0.49 to 20.97 | 0.083 | 0.962 | 0.250 |
| No depressive Dx | 22 | 151 | (0.015 to 0.285) | (0.915 to 0.984) | (0.045 to 0.644) | ||||
| Anxiety Dx | 1 | 29 | 0.22 | 0.03 to 1.56 | 0.23 | 0.13 to 1.88 | 0.042 | 0.815 | 0.033 |
| No anxiety Dx | 23 | 128 | (0.002 to 0.231) | (0.744 to 0.871) | (0.002 to 0.191) | ||||
| Disruptive Dx | 13 | 28 | 4.04 | 1.96 to 8.32 | 7.99 | 2.86 to 22.29 | 0.542 | 0.822 | 0.317 |
| No disruptive Dx | 11 | 129 | (0.332 to 0.738) | (0.751 to 0.876) | (0.186 to 0.482) | ||||
| Substance Dx | 7 | 17 | 2.69 | 1.25 to 5.81 | 3.24 | 1.07 to 9.81 | 0.292 | 0.892 | 0.292 |
| No substance Dx | 17 | 140 | (0.134 to 0.512) | (0.830 to 0.934) | (0.134 to 0.512) | ||||
| Psychiatric symptoms* | |||||||||
| Upper 25% | 11 | 34 | 2.56 | 1.23 to 5.80 | 5.42 | 1.87 to 15.78 | 0.458 | 0.783 | 0.244 |
| Lower 75% | 13 | 123 | (0.262 to 0.668) | (0.709 to 0.843) | (0.134 to 0.399) | ||||
| Disruptive symptoms | |||||||||
| Highest 25% | 14 | 31 | 4.23 | 2.02 to 8.85 | 7.46 | 2.68 to 20.73 | 0.583 | 0.803 | 0.311 |
| Lower 75% | 10 | 126 | (0.369 to 0.772) | (0.730 to 0.860) | (0.186 to 0.468) | ||||
| Highest 40% | 18 | 54 | 4.50 | 1.88 to 10.79 | 8.67 | 2.90 to 25.97 | 0.750 | 0.654 | 0.250 |
| Lower 60% | 6 | 102 | (0.529 to 0.894) | (0.573 to 0.727) | (0.159 to 0.368) | ||||
| Adaptive functioning* | |||||||||
| Lower 25% | 4 | 46 | 0.52 | 0.19 to 1.46 | 0.84 | 0.24 to 2.87 | 0.167 | 0.707 | 0.080 |
| Upper 75% | 20 | 111 | (0.055 to 0.382) | (0.628 to 0.775) | (0.026 to 0.201) | ||||