The occurrence of inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity and coexisting symptoms in a population study of 471 6-8-year old children based on the FTF (Five to Fifteen) questionnaire
| Autor: | Katarina Michelsson, Eila M. Airaksinen, Veikko Jokela |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Psychometrics Cross-sectional study Comorbidity Impulsivity Severity of Illness Index Percentile rank Severity of illness Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Child and adolescent psychiatry Prevalence Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Humans Psychiatry Child Psychiatric Status Rating Scales medicine.diagnostic_test General Medicine Neuropsychological test medicine.disease Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Disruptive Impulse Control and Conduct Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health Epidemiologic Studies Cross-Sectional Studies Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female medicine.symptom Psychology |
| Zdroj: | European childadolescent psychiatry. 13 |
| ISSN: | 1018-8827 |
| Popis: | To study the usefulness of a new parent questionnaire and to evaluate the prevalence of inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity and co-existing problems in a group of 6–8-year-old children. A questionnaire comprising 179 three-score-items including the DSM-IV diagnostic symptom criteria on AD/HD and questions on motor function, executive functions, perception, memory, language and speech, learning, social skills and psychiatric problems was used (5–15 questionnaire, FTF). The answers given by parents of 6–8-year-old children in a community in Finland are presented. The answers for 471 children, 230 boys and 241 girls, revealed a significantly higher rate of problems for boys than for girls in all developmental domains. The number of children with scores exceeding the mean +2 SD for inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity subdomains were 42. About an half of these children had many coexisting problems, when the 90th percentile score for each domain was used as a measurement. Of the 42 children 11 fulfilled the DSM-IV symptom list criteria (6/9 for inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity) for AD/HD and 9 children for subthreshold (5/9) AD/HD. A community-based study revealed that 2.3% of 6–8-year-old children had the full symptom list criteria (6/9) of AD/HD according to DSM-IV, and another 1.9 % fulfilled the symptom criteria (5/9) for subthreshold AD/HD. Coexisting problems were common. The severity of symptoms of inattentiveness and hyperactivity-impulsivity correlated significantly with the severity of coexisting problems. |
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