Association of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Gestational Alcohol Exposure: An Exploratory Study

Autor/inn/en	Bhatara, Vinod; Loudenberg, Roland; Ellis, Roland
Titel	Association of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Gestational Alcohol Exposure: An Exploratory Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Attention Disorders, 9 (2006) 3, S.515-522 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1087-0547
DOI	10.1177/1087054705283880
Schlagwörter	Incidence; Hyperactivity; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Attention Deficit Disorders; Statistical Distributions; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Severity (of Disability); Correlation; At Risk Persons; Prenatal Care; Minnesota; Montana; North Dakota; South Dakota + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vorkommen; Hyperaktivität; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; Alkoholembryopathie; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHS; Aufmerksamkeits-Defizit-Hyperaktivitäts-Störung; Aufmerksamkeitsstörung; Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilung; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Schweregrad; Korrelation; Risikogruppe; Pränatale Versorgung; South-Dakota
Abstract	Objective and methods: To explore association between prevalence of ADHD and levels of risk for gestational alcohol exposure, the authors reviewed the charts of 2,231 youth referred for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Participants were categorized into four groups by different levels of risk for gestational alcohol exposure. For each group, the prevalence rates of ADHD and other selected disorders were determined. Results: The disorder ranking first in overall prevalence was ADHD (41%), followed by learning disorder (17%) and oppositional-defiant/conduct disorder (16%). Prevalence rates of ADHD across the groups generally were high risk greater than some risk greater than unknown risk greater than no risk. Conclusion: The frequency distribution of ADHD cases was according to the levels of risk for gestational alcohol exposure. These results add to a growing body of evidence supporting an association between ADHD and prenatal alcohol exposure. Findings need to be confirmed by definitive studies on ADHD and gestational alcohol exposure. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10