The influence of passive smoking during pregnancy on the ability of cognitive and behavior of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder children / 中国基层医药

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the influence of passive smoking during pregnancy on the ability of cognitive and behavior of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) children. Methods 92 ADHD children with passive smoking during pregnancy,99 cases without passive smoking and 100 cases normal children were selected. Their abilities of cognitive and behavioral were evaluated by intelligence test, Wisconsin card sorting test and Stroop test. Results The verbal intelligence quotient ( VIQ), performances intelligence quotient (PIQ) and the full intelligence quotient (FIQ) of ADHD children were significantly lower than normal children, especially for the ADHD children with passive smoking during pregnancy. Compared to the normal children,the ADHD children showed significant difference in the time of reading card A, B,C and reading errors of card B,C,especially for the ADHD children with passive smoking during pregnancy. Compared to the normal children, the ADHD children showed significantly more in the scores of responses errors, perseverant responses, perseverant errors, perseverant errors percentage and non-perseverant errors, and lower in conceptualization plane, especially for the ADHD children with passive smoking during pregnancy. Conclusion The defect of the ability of cognitive and behavior of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder children were the worse for passive smoking during pregnancy.