Association of Pediatric Allergic Rhinitis with the Ratings of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 161-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bohai Feng ◽  
Haiyong Jin ◽  
Haijie Xiang ◽  
Bangliang Li ◽  
Xiuxiu Zheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Allergic Rhinitis ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Child Behavior Checklist ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Life Questionnaire ◽  
Prick Test ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder

Background Allergic rhinitis (AR) is currently the most prevalent allergic disease in children and adolescents. Objective Surveys conducted by population-based studies of East Asia revealed an increased prevalence of behavioral disorders in patients with AR. Thus, in this study, we explored the prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in pediatric patients with AR. Methods A total of 333 children (6–12 years of age) with AR and a total of 322 age-matched controls were included in this study. An otorhinolaryngologist diagnosed all AR cases and evaluated the severity of the disease. Skin-prick test results for 18 major allergens, Paediatric Rhinoconjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire (PRQLQ), Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), and Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham version IV (SNAP-IV) scores were recorded. Results In total, 320 age-matched controls and 323 children with AR completed the study. With respect to the Total Nasal Symptom Score and the PRQLQ, the condition of the experimental group was more serious than that of the controls. The scores on the hyperactivity/impulsivity and inattention subscales, which evaluate ADHD symptoms, and those on the CBCL subscales were significantly higher in patients with AR than in the controls (all p values were <0.01). From the results of the Pearson correlation, we deduced that there were significant positive correlations between the AR-related data and each subscale of the CBCL and SNAP-IV in the AR group. Moreover, two basic characteristics (males and environmental exposure to tobacco smoke) present significant positive and age showed a significant negative correlations affect ADHD symptom in both the AR group and the control group. Also, in the “pure AR” group, hierarchical regression analyses were performed to determine the subtests of the PRQLQ, which are significant predictors of SNAP-IV and CBCL. Conclusions Apart from AR per se, the possible comorbidities of impulsivity and inattention are important when managing children with AR. It is essential to evaluate the symptoms of ADHD in children and adolescents with AR.

scholarly journals Behavioral and Electrophysiological Correlates of Performance Monitoring and Development in Children and Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanni Liu ◽  
Gregory L. Hanna ◽  
Barbara S. Hanna ◽  
Haley E. Rough ◽  
Paul D. Arnold ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Child Behavior Checklist ◽  
Performance Monitoring ◽  
Longitudinal Design ◽  
Flanker Task ◽  
Developmental Trajectory ◽  
Time Variability ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder

The pathophysiology of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) involves deficits in performance monitoring and adaptive adjustments. Yet, the developmental trajectory and underlying neural correlates of performance monitoring deficits in youth with ADHD remain poorly understood. To address the gap, this study recruited 77 children and adolescents with ADHD and 77 age- and gender-matched healthy controls (HC), ages 8–18 years, who performed an arrow flanker task during electroencephalogram recording. Compared to HC, participants with ADHD responded more slowly and showed larger reaction time variability (RTV) and reduced post-error slowing; they also exhibited reduced error-related negativity (ERN) and error positivity effects, and reduced N2 and P3 congruency effects. Age effects were observed across groups: with increasing age, participants responded faster, with less variability, and with increased post-error slowing. They also exhibited increased ERN effects and increased N2 and P3 congruency effects. Increased RTV and reduced P3 amplitude in incongruent trials were associated with increased ADHD Problems Scale scores on the Child Behavior Checklist across groups. The altered behavioral and ERP responses in ADHD are consistent with the pattern associated with younger age across groups. Further research with a longitudinal design may determine specific aspects of developmental alteration and deficits in ADHD during performance monitoring.

scholarly journals Age-Related Changes in Auditory Nogo-N200 Latency in Medication-Naïve Children and Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 702-709
Author(s):  
Yeon Jung Lee ◽  
Mi Young Jeong ◽  
Seoyoung Park ◽  
Jung Ho Kim ◽  
Ji-Sun Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Child Behavior Checklist ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Event Related Potential ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Age Related Changes

Objective Event-related potential (ERP) changes with brain development in healthy children and adolescents. However, few studies have focused on age-related changes in the N200 and P300 components among individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Therefore, this study aimed to assess age-related differences in the auditory nogo-N200 components in individuals with ADHD.Methods We enrolled 46 participants with auditory nogo-N200 and nogo-P300 components. We assessed ADHD symptoms using the Advanced Test of Attention (ATA) and Korean ADHD Rating Scale-IV (K-ARS-IV). Moreover, we assessed emotional and behavioral problems using the Korean Child Behavior Checklist (K-CBCL). Further, we measured auditory ERPs.Results There were no differences with respect to sex or ATA, K-ARS-IV, and K-CBCL scores between the groups. With a 1-year increase in age, the nogo-N200 latency at Fz and Cz decreased by 6.08 ms and 4.88 ms, respectively; this result was statistically significant in multivariable linear regression adjusted by sex and dominant hand.Conclusion Our findings revealed age-related changes in nogo-N200 latency at the Fz and Cz electrodes in individuals with ADHD. Future studies should perform comparisons with healthy controls to determine whether auditory nogo-N200 can be used to evaluate the developmental level in individuals with ADHD.

Anxiety, depression, and behavioural rating scales in children with non-cardiac chest pain

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (10) ◽  
pp. 1268-1271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aytaç Kenar ◽  
Utku Arman Örün ◽  
Tamer Yoldaş ◽  
Şeyma Kayalı ◽  
Şahin Bodur ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Chest Pain ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Parent Rating ◽  
Children's Depression Inventory ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Children’S Depression Inventory ◽  
Children’S Depression

AbstractIntroduction:Chest pain is the second most common reason for referral to paediatric cardiologists after benign heart murmurs. Aetiology frequently depends on non-cardiac reasons. In addition, individuals may experience non-cardiac chest pain which is idiopathic or of unknown origin. The aim of this study is to examine psychological symptoms in children and adolescents with medically unexplained chest pain.Methods:A total of 76 patients (ages 8–18 years) were included in the study, who were referred to the paediatric cardiology department with the complaint of chest pain but did not have any detected cardiac aetiology or any other organic causes of chest pain. The control group was composed of 51 healthy volunteers. Self-evaluation scales were given to both groups which included Beck Anxiety Inventory and Children’s Depression Inventory. Also parents of both groups completed the Conner’s Parent Rating Scale for assessment of Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.Results:Anxiety scores of the non-cardiac chest pain group were significantly higher compared to controls. No significant differences were found between patients and controls in terms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and depression scores. In patient group, patterns were similar for boys and girls and for children and adolescents; except girls scored significantly higher than boys in children’s depression inventory.Conclusions:In children and adolescents, non-cardiac chest pain is associated with increased levels of anxiety. These results show the importance of psychiatric evaluation in non-cardiac chest pain patients. Larger controlled studies are needed to determine the prevalence and impact of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and depression in children and adolescents with non-cardiac chest pain.

scholarly journals Neuropsychological differences between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and control children and adolescents referred for academic impairment

2009 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Coutinho ◽  
Paulo Mattos ◽  
Leandro F. Malloy-Diniz
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Working Memory ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Sustained Attention ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Digit Span ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Memory Tests ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Academic Impairment

OBJECTIVE: To compare the performances of children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder with a group of control comparison subjects, both taken from a large clinical sample, using some of the most widely employed attention-based Brazilian tests. METHOD: The performances of 186 children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder were compared to that of 80 control individuals based on attention and working memory scores. Both groups had been referred due to academic impairment. All individuals were submitted to the TAVIS-3 sustained, shifted and focused attention tests, as well as to the working memory tests that make up the WISC-III Freedom from Distractibility Index (Digit Span and Arithmetic). RESULTS: The control group was slightly older than the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder group (p = 0.07); IQ and schooling did not differ between groups (p = 0.34 and p = 0.38, respectively). While performing a test requiring sustained attention for a longer period of time, the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder group showed a significantly higher number of commission errors compared to the controls, thus presenting sustained attention deficits (p = 0.003); when the influence of IQ, age and schooling was reduced, the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder group also made more omission errors during a sustained attention task in comparison to the control group, thus achieving a borderline significance level (p = 0.08); the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder group also performed worse in Digit Span forward and backward (p = 0.013 and p = 0.01, respectively) and in Arithmetic (p = 0.008). Other scores did not achieve significance. CONCLUSION : Our findings suggest that some of the most commonly used Brazilian attention-based tests - especially the sustained attention and working memory tests - may be useful to help distinguish subjects with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder from control subjects.

Evaluating Reading and Metacognitive Deficits in Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesús Mª Alvarado ◽  
Aníbal Puente ◽  
Virginia Jiménez ◽  
Lorena Arrebillaga
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Clinical Group ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Reading Processes ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Students With Adhd

The reading achievement of children and adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has scarcely been explored in research conducted in the Spanish language and when it has, the results have been contradictory. The focus of the present research is to analyze participants' reading competency and metacognitive strategies as they carry out reading comprehension tasks. The sample was comprised of 187 Argentine schoolchildren aged 9 to 13 years old. 94 constituted the control group and the clinical group consisted of 93 schoolchildren diagnosed with ADHD. The metacognitive assessment was made up of two metacognitive tests, the Reading Awareness Scale (ESCOLA; acronym in Spanish) and a Spanish adaptation of Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies Inventory (MARSI), and one test of reading comprehension, the Evaluation of Reading Processes for Secondary Education Students (PROLEC-SE; acronym in Spanish). Students with ADHD had lower achievement on tests of reading comprehension compared to the control group. Nevertheless, our results suggest their difficulties did not stem from reading comprehension problems, but rather from alterations in their Executive Functions, because when subjects' reading comprehension was equalized, students with ADHD still exhibited a lower level of Metacognition, particularly when it came to planning.

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Parenting Stress in Mothers of Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-107
Author(s):  
Maryam Koosha ◽  
◽  
Samira Naghipour ◽  
Mahnaz Fallahi Khesht Masjedi ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Parenting Stress ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. Parents of these youth experience more parenting stress. Emotional Intelligence (EI) has a very close relationship with mental health. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between EI and parenting stress in mothers of ADHD youth. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 136 mothers of ADHD children and adolescents under treatment in the Gil specialized consulting center of Rasht City. Demographic questionnaire, PSI-SF parenting stress questionnaire, and Shearing emotional intelligence questionnaire were used to evaluate the participants. Comorbidities extracted from the patient files, based on the diagnosis of child and adolescent psychiatrists. Data were analyzed using SPSS v. 22 by mean, percentage, standard deviation, and Pearson correlation coefficient. Results: The relationship between the mothers' mean EI and parenting stress scores were not significant with the age, grade of education, duration of the treatment, and the comorbidities in children (P>0.05). There was a meaningful relationship between the components of EI (P<0.05) and the total score of EI with parenting stress scores (P= 0.001, r= -0.42). Higher emotional intelligence is associated with a lower parenting stress score. Conclusion: Mothers of ADHD youth who had higher EI had less parenting stress.

scholarly journals Molecular Analysis of STin2 (Intron 2) Variant of The SLC6A4 Gene in Children and Adolescents With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahrokh Amiri ◽  
Mahan Asadian ◽  
Mahmoud Shekari Khaniani ◽  
Sima Mansouri Derakhshan ◽  
Negar Pourhossein Rahmani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Control Group ◽  
P Value ◽  
Case Group ◽  
Retrospective Case ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Intron 2

Abstract Background Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is recognized as one of the most familiar childhood psychiatric disorders. Many molecular genetic reviews suggest that genes play a crucial role in susceptibility to ADHD. The serotonin transporter gene (SLC6A4) has polymorphisms that seem to correlate with ADHD development. The association between ADHD and the SLC6A4 gene variants in the Iranian population has not been investigated yet. This study analyzes the STin2 (intron 2) variant of the SLC6A4 gene in Iranian children and adolescents with ADHD . Materials and Methods In this retrospective case-control study, 86 ADHD patients and 99 healthy volunteers aged 5 to 14 years old were enrolled as the case group and the control group, respectively. The STin2 (intron2) fragment of the SLC6A4 gene was amplified using specific primers by conventional PCR, and three STin2 alleles of the SLC6A4 gene (STin2.9, STin2.10, and STin2.12) were examined using the acrylamide gel method. Results We found no significant difference between the ADHD and the control groups in STin2.9(34.9% vs 39.4%, p-value = 0.824), STin2.10(29.1% vs 23.2%, p-value = 1.354), and STin2.12(36% vs 36.4%, p-value = 0.986) variants. Conclusion It is concluded that there was no association between the frequency of STin2 variant alleles of the SLC6A4 gene andADHD, but in the study of risk estimation, it was found that allele 10 of this variant is a risk allele in ADHD patients.

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