A Clinical Study of ADHD Symptoms with Relation to Symptoms of Learning Disorders in Schoolchildren in Bogota, Colombia

Autor/inn/en	Talero-Gutierrez, Claudia; Van Meerbeke, Alberto Velez; Reyes, Rodrigo Gonzalez
Titel	A Clinical Study of ADHD Symptoms with Relation to Symptoms of Learning Disorders in Schoolchildren in Bogota, Colombia
Quelle	In: Journal of Attention Disorders, 16 (2012) 2, S.157-163 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1087-0547
DOI	10.1177/1087054710383116
Schlagwörter	Learning Problems; Attention Deficit Disorders; Memory; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Children; Foreign Countries; Correlation; Learning Disabilities; Cultural Influences; Visual Perception; Psychomotor Skills; Auditory Perception; Elementary School Students; Age Differences; Colombia (Bogota) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernproblem; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHS; Aufmerksamkeits-Defizit-Hyperaktivitäts-Störung; Aufmerksamkeitsstörung; Gedächtnis; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Child; Kind; Kinder; Ausland; Korrelation; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Akustik; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	Objective: To investigate possible relationships between symptoms of ADHD and of learning disorder (LD) in a population geographically, culturally, and linguistically distinct from previous studies. Method: The authors evaluated a cross section of 834 Colombian schoolchildren for childhood neurological pathologies on the basis of a medical examination and performance with reference to the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual" (4th ed.) attention checklist, the General and Differential Aptitudes Battery, and the Visual-Motor Integration (VMI) test. Results: Of the total sample, 382 were classified as "ADHD only," 54 as "LD only," and 75 as "ADHD + LD." A total of 459 had low VMI scores. ADHD, LD, and low VMI were significantly interrelated. Among the children with ADHD, the attention deficit subtype tended to have more learning problems than the hyperactive subtype, who showed no major deficiencies in their learning ability. Conclusions: This study provides additional evidence demonstrating a relationship between LD and ADHD, particularly with respect to verbal reasoning, visual-auditory memory, and VMI. (Contains 2 figures and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10