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Concordância entre relato de pais e professores para sintomas de TDAH: resultados de uma amostra clínica brasileira / Agreement rates between parents' and teachers' reports on ADHD symptomatology: findings from a Brazilian clinical sample
Coutinho, Gabriel; Mattos, Paulo; Schmitz, Marcelo; Fortes, Didia; Borges, Manuela.
  • Coutinho, Gabriel; Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Institute of Psychiatry. BR
  • Mattos, Paulo; IPUB. BR
  • Schmitz, Marcelo; Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. BR
  • Fortes, Didia; IPUB. BR
  • Borges, Manuela; Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Institute of Psychiatry. BR
Arch. Clin. Psychiatry (Impr.) ; 36(3): 97-100, 2009. tab
Article in English, Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-523758
RESUMO

CONTEXTO:

O diagnóstico de TDAH em crianças e adolescentes, segundo os critérios do DSM-IV, requer que os sintomas estejam presentes em, ao menos, dois ambientes distintos (principalmente escola e casa). Apesar da importância do relato de pais e professores, esse tema tem sido pouco investigado no Brasil.

OBJETIVO:

Investigar a concordância entre os relatos de pais e professores de uma amostra clínica de crianças e adolescentes com diagnóstico de TDAH.

MÉTODOS:

A amostra era composta por 44 crianças e adolescentes com idades variando entre 6 e 16 anos (40 meninos e 4 meninas), com diagnóstico clínico de TDAH. Foram comparadas as respostas de pais e professores no questionário SNAP-IV, visando a calcular taxas de concordância entre diferentes fontes de informação para sintomas de TDAH.

RESULTADOS:

Concordância para o diagnóstico de TDAH ocorreu em aproximadamente metade dos casos; pais relataram mais sintomas de TDAH que professores.

CONCLUSÃO:

Os achados aqui apresentados podem mostrar que informações acerca da sintomatologia de TDAH não são bem divulgadas para professores brasileiros, indicando a necessidade de se investir em sessões educacionais sobre o transtorno, tendo em vista a importância do relato de profissionais de educação para o diagnóstico de TDAH.
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

ADHD diagnosis in children and adolescents according to DSM-IV criteria demands symptoms to be present in at least two different settings (mainly school and home). Despite the importance in obtaining parents' and teachers' reports, this issue is seldom investigated in Brazil.

OBJECTIVE:

We set to evaluate agreement rates between parents' and teachers' reports from a Brazilian clinical sample of children and adolescents with ADHD.

METHODS:

The sample comprised 44 children and adolescents with age range between 6 and 16 years old (boys 40; girls 4) with a clinical diagnosis of ADHD. We compared parents' and teachers' responses in SNAP-IV questionnaire in order to calculate agreement rates among different information sources on ADHD symptomatology.

RESULTS:

Agreement for ADHD diagnosis occurred in nearly half of the sample, with parents' reporting more ADHD symptomatology than teachers.

CONCLUSION:

Our findings might suggest that recognition of ADHD symptomatology is less clear-cut among school teachers in Brazil, indicating that some educational sessions about this condition should be conducted in schools, taking into consideration the importance of education professionals' reports to diagnose ADHD.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Behavioral Symptoms / Behavioral Research Type of study: Diagnostic study Limits: Adolescent / Child / Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: South America / Brazil Language: English / Portuguese Journal: Arch. Clin. Psychiatry (Impr.) Journal subject: Psychiatry Year: 2009 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul/BR / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro/BR / IPUB/BR

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Behavioral Symptoms / Behavioral Research Type of study: Diagnostic study Limits: Adolescent / Child / Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: South America / Brazil Language: English / Portuguese Journal: Arch. Clin. Psychiatry (Impr.) Journal subject: Psychiatry Year: 2009 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul/BR / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro/BR / IPUB/BR