Abstract
Objective: To detect cases of pervasive developmental disorders among a sample of primary school students in Mosul city. Design and method: A descriptive study including 137 students boys and girls of the second class in Al-Thawra, Al-Ghazali and Abi-Tamam primary schools. A questionnaire paper was used which was filled by the teachers after discussing all the matters with them by the investigator. Rechecking was done and evaluation of the three categories involved in the paper (social interaction difficulties, language defects and conduct disorders). The students were divided into three groups according to the scores on the items of the scales. Group three with high marks in some questions (3, 4) were studied further including any risk factors for their defects, their midyear exam results and their marks in Arabic language. Statistical analysis was done to evaluate the collected data. Results: No case of autism or related disorder was detected. Other problems were detected which were more among males. The commonest problems were being aloof with their own world and excessive fear of noises. Two boys in Al-Thawra school had some conduct disorders and another two had delay in language and speech. Those with language defects had low marks in Arabic language of midyear examination. Conclusion: Problems in social interactions, speech and behavior were important to look for among students which may affect their progress at school.
Highlights
The prevalence of pervasive developmental disorders is increasing, the availability of professionals trained in childhood development disorders has greatly increased the capacity to identity and treat children with these problems(2)
The results of this study indicate that no students in the three schools had any of these disorders, some symptoms in social interactions, defects in language, and conduct disorders had been detected among the studied sample
There were predominance of males in all problems; students from different social classes were involved as discussed elsewhere. (1,2) If sex, number of brothers and sisters and job of father and mother could be considered as risk factors for these defects, significant results had been shown for some variables as in Table 2 and 3 after doing comparison between the three groups
Summary
A descriptive study of 137, second class students from three primary schools in AL-Tayaran and ALGhazlany areas of Mosul city, they where AbiTamam AL- namothyjia, AL-Thawra for boys and AL–Ghazlany for girls, they were chosen randomly using PDD scale(13) Both sexes were included; their ages ranged 7-12 years. The results of the midyear examination of those in group (3) and their marks in Arabic language were taken from their schools to correlate these marks, and delay in speech and language if present Those students with zero scoring in all the questions, those with zero in some questions and one in others, as well as those with marks two in most of the questions were considered within the normal range. Statistical analysis was used by finding P–value to evaluate the results, it was considered abnormal if it was
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