... The prevalence of Conduct Disorder among primary school children in a rural area of India was found to be 5.48%. The prevalence was found to be higher ...ArticlePDFAvailablePREVALENCEOFCONDUCTDISORDERINPRIMARYSCHOOLCHILDRENOFRURALAREAFebruary2015JournalofEvolutionofMedicalandDentalSciences04(12):1917-1922DOI:10.14260/jemds/2015/278Authors:NimishaMishraNimishaMishraThispersonisnotonResearchGate,orhasn'tclaimedthisresearchyet.AmbrishMishraAmbrishMishraThispersonisnotonResearchGate,orhasn'tclaimedthisresearchyet.RajeevDwivediRajeevDwivediThispersonisnotonResearchGate,orhasn'tclaimedthisresearchyet.Downloadfull-textPDFReadfull-textDownloadfull-textPDFReadfull-textDownloadcitationCopylinkLinkcopiedReadfull-textDownloadcitationCopylinkLinkcopiedCitations(1)References(8)AbstractCONTEXT:ThereisalacunaofstudiesonConductDisorder(CD)intheIndiancontext.AIMS:(i)ToidentifytheprevalenceofCDinprimaryschoolchildren,(ii)ToidentifythegenderdifferenceintheprevalenceofCD.SETTINGSANDDESIGN:ThisisacrosssectionalstudyofschoolagedchildrenselectedfromfourdifferentschoolsinRewadistrict.MATERIALSANDMETHODS:Ninehundredchildrenagedbetween6and11yearswereselectedfromdifferentfourschools’inRewadistrictafterobtaininginformedconsentfromtheirparentsandtheschoolauthorities.Thestudywasatwophasestudy.ThepresenceofCDwasassessedbyusingRutterCBQandthosewhowerescreenedpositiveweresubjectedtoDSM-IV-TRcriteriaforthefinaldiagnosis.STATISTICALANALYSIS:StatisticalProductandServiceSolutions(SPSS)10softwareMeanandStandardDeviation,andchisquaretestwereusedforstatisticalanalysis.RESULTS:TheprevalenceofCDamongprimaryschoolchildrenwasfoundtobe5.48.Prevalencewasfoundtobehigheramongthemales(66.67%)ascomparedtothatoffemales(33.33%).CONCLUSION:ThepresentstudyshowsahighprevalenceofCDamongprimaryschoolchildrenwithahigherprevalenceamongthemalesthanthefemales.Discovertheworld'sresearch20+millionmembers135+millionpublications700k+researchprojectsJoinforfreePublicFull-text1Availablevialicense:CCBY-NC-ND4.0Contentmaybesubject