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- Title
A Survey of the Effective Factors in the Comorbidity of Adult ADHD and the Bipolar Disorder.
- Authors
Shokrgozar, Somayeh; Molaei, Mitra; Farhoodi, Mitra
- Abstract
Background: Determining disorders accompanying psychiatric diseases is crucial in controlling them, and reducing the burden of BD and ADHD diseases is of high significance. In many cases, the coincidence of these two diseases leads to the misdiagnosis and incorrect management of high risk behaviors. Study purpose: The current study was conducted aimed at de termining the factors effective in the comorbidity of adult ADHD and the bipolar disorder. Methods: In this observational descriptive-comparative study, 196 patients with BD who had attended the clinics of Shafa Hospital in the city of Rasht in 2017-2018 were enrolled according to the interview and medical documents, and the comorbidity of adult ADHD and effective factors were determined according to the questionnaires. The questionnaires included short diagnostic adult ADHD Conners, Wender and demographic questionnaires. The data, including gender, education, marital status, the type of mood episode leading to hospitalization, suicide attempts, the history of drug use and the substance type were analyzed using SPSS software (version 22). To describe the data, frequency description indices, the mean and middle were used, and to compare the quantities variables, Ttest was used. For the qualitative data, the chi-square test was utilized. Results: The study results demonstrated that 16 patients (8%) had ADHD. Most of them were female (53.6%) and married (%54.6) with the secondary school education level (49%). Opium was the most common consumed substance (37.5%), mania was the most common type of attacks leading to hospitalization (41.3%), the suicide rate was 12.8% and psychotic symptoms amounted to 16.3% for mood attacks among the patients. From among the variables studied, the factors effective in this regard included having male gender, a lower age, a rapid disease cycle and taking drugs (P<0.05). Conclusion: It has been reported that patients suffering from BD with an ADHD history have more substance use in comparison to the group without an ADHD history. It has been also reported that they have a more rapid disease cycle.
- Subjects
BIPOLAR disorder; MENTAL illness; COMORBIDITY; RISK-taking behavior; MARITAL status
- Publication
Iranian Journal of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences / Progress in Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, 2018, p161
- ISSN
1735-8639
- Publication type
Article