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العنوان
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Attention Deficit- Hyperactivity Disorder
In School Children
المؤلف
Hussein Osman,Mona
هيئة الاعداد
باحث / Mona Hussein Osman
مشرف / Sahar Mohammed Sabbour
مشرف / Maisa Nasr Farid
الموضوع
Attention deficit hyperactivity dis&#111;&#114;&#100;&#101;&#114; is the most commonly diagnosed behavioral dis&#111;&#114;&#100;&#101;&#114; of childhood and the most common neurobehavioral dis&#111;&#114;&#100;&#101;&#114; among schoolchildren affecting an estimated 2-20% of school-age children. It is a syndrome produced by multiple causes that depend on genetic factors and environmental and social adversities. Nutritional factors play major roles as well. Exposure to tobacco smoke in utero is suspected to be associated with ADHD symptoms in children. Findings also showed a number of diverse risk factors concerning pre, peri and postnatal history, and neuropsychomotor development that may be related with the dis&#111;&#114;&#100;&#101;&#114;. <br>The study aimed at determining the prevalence of ADHD and accompanying comorbid dis&#111;&#114;&#100;&#101;&#114;s, identifying possible risk factors which may have role in its etiology, and determining if there is increased prevalence of ADHD in recent years as a consequence of excessive use of use of TV, computer, internet and video games by comparing results of this study with previous one done by Ghanem et al., (1997)<br>The study involved children attending kindergarten and primary stages in 2 schools in Heliopolis area/ Cairo Governorate in school year 2007/2008; El-Nasr private Kindergarten and primary school and El-Gabarty public Kindergarten and primary school. <br>Total students in both schools were 3197 (1780 males and 1417 females), whose ages were between 4 to 13 years. It involved 2142 students (1259 males and 883 females) &#102;&#114;&#111;&#109; El-Nasr private school and 1055 students (521 males and 534 females) &#102;&#114;&#111;&#109; El-Gabarty public school. <br>The study group &#102;&#114;&#111;&#109; both schools; included 251 students that fulfilled the ADHD cri
تاريخ النشر
2009
عدد الصفحات
219.P:
اللغة
الإنجليزية
الدرجة
الدكتوراه
التخصص
علم النفس التنموي والتربوي
تاريخ الإجازة
13/8/2009
مكان الإجازة
جامعة عين شمس - معهد الطفولة - Medical Studies
الفهرس
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Abstract

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is the most commonly diagnosed behavioral disorder of childhood and the most common neurobehavioral disorder among schoolchildren affecting an estimated 2-20% of school-age children. It is a syndrome produced by multiple causes that depend on genetic factors and environmental and social adversities. Nutritional factors play major roles as well. Exposure to tobacco smoke in utero is suspected to be associated with ADHD symptoms in children. Findings also showed a number of diverse risk factors concerning pre, peri and postnatal history, and neuropsychomotor development that may be related with the disorder.
The study aimed at determining the prevalence of ADHD and accompanying comorbid disorders, identifying possible risk factors which may have role in its etiology, and determining if there is increased prevalence of ADHD in recent years as a consequence of excessive use of use of TV, computer, internet and video games by comparing results of this study with previous one done by Ghanem et al., (1997)
The study involved children attending kindergarten and primary stages in 2 schools in Heliopolis area/ Cairo Governorate in school year 2007/2008; El-Nasr private Kindergarten and primary school and El-Gabarty public Kindergarten and primary school.
Total students in both schools were 3197 (1780 males and 1417 females), whose ages were between 4 to 13 years. It involved 2142 students (1259 males and 883 females) from El-Nasr private school and 1055 students (521 males and 534 females) from El-Gabarty public school.
The study group from both schools; included 251 students that fulfilled the ADHD criteria of Fourth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR).
The control group was normal children randomly selected from the screened negative—ADHD children of the same schools and classes and matched by sex and age to get a comparable number. Their number was 330 children.