study prevalence of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder [ADHD] in Iranian army families children who live in military town Tehran in 2006

ABSTRACT

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder [ADHD] is a disorder specific for Childhood and juvenescent that disables and retards them in social relationship. The goal of this research is study Prevalence of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder [ADHD] in Iranian army Families children who live in military town Tehran In 2006. This Cross section description-analytical study was based on 327 person under 14 year old in Iranian army Families who live in Tehran military town. Data collection tools in this study was demographic form and Consefs Parents questionnaire that completed after refer to their home and then the collected data was analyzed by SPSS14 software. Mean age of the case was 8. 5 year, averages of them were 19.1 of 20, the mean of sisters and brothers were 1. 3.12. 6% of the cases had scale of consef s ADHD questionnaire. 89. 8% had disagreement index, 88. 8% had cognitive disorder and 79. 5% had hyperactivity indexes. ADHD in this study had a weak positive relationship with the number of brothers and sisters [Less than 5%]. And also average number of the ADHD cases were less than other [P<0. 05]. The prevalence of disorder of daughters in this study was more than boys. The prevalence of ADHD in this study is according to others also in quality analysis characterized the given had lower average, more brothers and sister and were more girl-that disagree with before finding: