Prevalence of ADHD Symptoms amonge Male Preschoolers Based on Different Informants in Ahvas City of Iran

Ashraf Tashakori,Razieh Afkandeh

doi:10.5402/2011/709653

Ashraf Tashakori, Razieh Afkandeh

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https://doi.org/10.5402/2011/709653

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Abstract

Background. This cross-sectional study evaluated rate of reported ADHD symptoms among male preschoolers in Ahvaz by different informants and rate of their agreement. Method. One hundred ninety-two 5-6-year old boys from nine kindergartens in Ahvaz were selected. Teacher and parents' Conners ADHD rating scales were used. Findings. For 133 children, questionnaires were returned. Prevalence of children with positive questionnaire was 24.06%, with only parent questionnaire was 4.51%, with only teacher questionnaire was 17.29%, and with both informants was 2.25%. Teacher-parent agreement was low (P = 0.0001). Conclusions. ADHD symptoms are frequently reported by informants and may be more reported by teachers than parents and teacher-parent agreement may be low. Interview with different informants and observation of child behavior are needed for documentation of diagnosis.

Highlights

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a developmental disorder with persistent pattern of distractibility, hyperactivity, restlessness, and other disturbances of executive function [1, 2]
According to the above-mentioned subjects this study evaluated rate of reported ADHD symptoms among male preschoolers in Ahvaz by different informants and rate of their agreement
This study was a part of the other study that we carried out to evaluate growth parameters of ADHD children and institutional review board of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences (AJUMS) approved it

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Introduction

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a developmental disorder with persistent pattern of distractibility, hyperactivity, restlessness, and other disturbances of executive function [1, 2] It is one of the most prevalent psychiatric disorders in childhood that is estimated to occur in 2–19% of children in the world [3, 4] and 14.2% among school-aged children in Ahvaz [5]. There is a variation in prevalence of ADHD depending on different informants. In a systematic review about the prevalence of ADHD in Iran, most studies had been conducted on the population of primary-school-aged children. According to the above-mentioned subjects this study evaluated rate of reported ADHD symptoms among male preschoolers in Ahvaz by different informants and rate of their agreement. Interview with different informants and observation of child behavior are needed for documentation of diagnosis

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