Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria (Jun 2005)

Comorbidades do transtorno de déficit de atenção e hiperatividade em crianças escolares Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder comorbidity in a school sample of children

  • Marianne de Aguiar Possa,
  • Lucas Spanemberg,
  • Ana Guardiola

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0004-282X2005000300021
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 63, no. 2b
pp. 479 – 483

Abstract

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OBJETIVO: Avaliar a freqüência de transtorno de conduta (TC), transtorno desafiador opositivo (TDO) e transtorno obsessivo-compulsivo (TOC) em crianças com transtorno de déficit de atenção e hiperatividade (TDAH). MÉTODO: Estudo realizado em crianças de 7 a 11 anos com TDAH conforme critérios do DSM-IV (n=35), exame neurológico normal e exame neurológico evolutivo (ENE) segundo Lefèvre alterado. Os responsáveis responderam a questionários contendo os critérios do DSM-IV para TDAH e para comorbidades. RESULTADOS: TDAH do tipo combinado foi o mais prevalente (51,4%). Quatorze crianças (40,0%) apresentaram TC, incluindo duas que apresentaram TC e TOC. Cinco (14,2%) apresentaram apenas TDO e uma (2,8%) apresentou apenas TOC. Onze das quatorze crianças (78,5%) com TC tinham TDAH do tipo combinado (pOBJECTIVE: To evaluate the frequency of conduct disorder (CD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). METHOD: This study was performed with children between 7 and 11 years old who fit the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria (n=35) to ADHD, normal neurologic examination and abnormal evolutionary neurological examination (ENE) by Lefèvre. Parents answered a questionnaire with DSM-IV criteria to ADHD and comorbidities. RESULT: ADHD combined subtype was the most prevalent (51.4%). Fourteen (40%) had CD, including two with both CD and OCD. Five (14.2%) had only ODD and one (2.8%) only OCD. Eleven of fourteen children (78.5%) with CD had also ADHD combined subtype, with significant statistical difference (p<0.05). Eleven of fifteen children (73.3%) without comorbidity had inattentive or hyperactive subtype (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: The frequency of association between CD and ADHD was high, much more in combined subtype.

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