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- Title
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a survey on prevalence rate among male subjects in elementary school (7 to 9 years old) in Iran.
- Authors
Talaei A; Mokhber N; Abdollahian E; Bordbar MR; Salari E; Talaei, Ali; Mokhber, Naghmeh; Abdollahian, Ebrahim; Bordbar, Mohammad Reza Fayyazi; Salari, Elham
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>Because there have been a few studies on the prevalence of ADHD in Iran, assessment of its prevalence seems to have a great impact on the physicians approach toward its diagnosis and management.<bold>Method: </bold>This study listed all the schools in Mashhad and chose 12, including 24 classes and 714 students by stratified cluster sampling. A total of 72 children were selected randomly for pilot study. Their parents and teachers filled the 10-item Conners' questionnaire for ADHD separately. Clinical interview was based on DSM-IV criteria. Students with the total scores higher than the cut-off point 23 were selected for interview.<bold>Results: </bold>A total of 109 students out of 714 schoolboys had ADHD (15.27% +/- 2.64%). The subgroups' prevalence rates were as follows: attention deficit (AD) = 4.62%, hyperactive impulsive (HI) = 5.32%, and combined type (CT) = 5.32%.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Frequency of ADHD among Iranian schoolboys is more than that in many countries.
- Publication
Journal of Attention Disorders, 2010, Vol 13, Issue 4, p386
- ISSN
1087-0547
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/1087054708329886