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2002, Number 3

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Salud Mental 2002; 25 (3)

Estudio familiar del trastorno por déficit de atención/hiperactividad

Romero OT, Lara-Muñoz C, Herrera S

Language: Spanish
References: 25
Page: 41-46
PDF size: 370.49 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Previous research has shown that the Attention Deficit Disorder is more frequent among first degree relatives of children with this disorder than in controls. Unfortunately, this has been reported only in Caucasians. The diagnosis of this disorder has to do with tolerance to disruptive behaviour and usually is related to sociocultural factors.
This investigation tests the hypothesis that the ADDH is more frequent among parents and siblings of ADD children than in the general population, which replicates previous research validating those findings.
In this case-control study, children with ADDH and children without it were included, as well as both parents and siblings.
Index cases and siblings were evaluated with semi-structured interviews to diagnose them according to the DSM-III-R. The Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS) was used for diagnosing the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in their parents. All diagnosis were blind to the index case or control.
Fifty-two children and 49 siblings with ADDH, and 26 children and 27 siblings without it were interviewed. Only families with both parents available were included, therefore the Wender Utah Rating Scale was applied to 78 mothers and 78 fathers. With a cut-off point of 36 in the WURS, the frequency of ADDH was 23% among the fathers of children with ADDH, and 3.8% among controls. The odds ratio was 7.5, which is statiscally significant. Prevalence among siblings was 22% for ADDH, and 7% for non- ADDH.
Our results confirm previous research.


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