Abstract
ABSTRACT Purpose: to investigate the association of symptoms of inattention and hyperactivity with language development and cognitive, environmental, socioeconomic, and quality of life aspects in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Methods: an observational, analytical, cross-sectional study with a sex-stratified sample of 38 children 7 to 12 years old, diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. The assessments approached sociodemographic and environmental aspects, the quality of life, language comprehension, rapid automatic naming, phonological working memory, vocabulary, reading and writing processes and metalinguistic skills. Descriptive and bivariate analyses were conducted at the 5% significance level. Results: there was a statistically significant association between the profile of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and behavioral aspects. There was no significant association of the forms of manifestation of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder with the quality of life, oral language, written language and phonological processing skills. Conclusion: children with hyperactive profiles had a better performance, whereas children with combined and predominantly inattentive profiles had similar performances. Although no statistically significant associations were found between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and most of the variables analyzed in this research, it contributes to the discussion of the speech-language-hearing diagnosis.
Highlights
The main symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are inattention and hyperactivity/ impulsivity[1]
The MTA-SNAP scale[15] combined with language assessments in this study enables the triangulation between speech-language-hearing manifestations and ADHD symptoms
The aim of this study was to investigate the association of symptoms of inattention and hyperactivity with language development and cognitive, environmental, socioeconomic, and quality of life aspects in children presented with ADHD
Summary
The main symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are inattention and hyperactivity/ impulsivity[1]. There is a high incidence of symptoms of anxiety and depression[3], in the children and adolescents with ADHD but in their relatives as well[4]. The impact on the family’s quality of life is even greater[5]. The relationship between ADHD symptomatology and quality of life aspects must be investigated. The main comorbidities in ADHD include learning disorders, disruptive disorders, mood and anxiety disorders, conduct disorder, and oppositional defiant disorder[6]. The presence of these and other comorbidities is a hindering factor for the diagnosis of ADHD because the origin or cause of the child’s or adolescent’s difficulties is unknown
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