Ghanizadeh Ahmad
Department of Psychiatry, Research Center for Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran..
Acta Med Iran. 2014;52(1):49-51.
This study examines the association of father's and mother's age with the severity of inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity. Participants are 470 children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosed according to DSM-IV diagnostic criteria. Moreover, parents reported the severity of ADHD symptoms through completing ADHD checklist. Mother's and father's age was associated with the score of hyperactivity/impulsivity. Lower father's age and advanced maternal age are associated with higher severity of hyperactivity/impulsivity in children and adolescents with ADHD. None of mothers' and fathers' age is associated with ADHD inattentiveness severity in children. Maternal and paternal education levels are not associated with ADHD severity. Older mothers and younger fathers have ADHD children with higher hyperactivity/impulsivity severity. It should be investigated whether the father's and mother's age are risk factors for ADHD.
本研究考察了父母年龄与注意力不集中及多动/冲动严重程度之间的关联。参与者为470名根据《精神疾病诊断与统计手册》第四版（DSM-IV）诊断标准确诊的注意力缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）儿童。此外，父母通过填写ADHD检查表报告了ADHD症状的严重程度。母亲和父亲的年龄与多动/冲动得分相关。父亲年龄较小和母亲年龄较大与ADHD儿童及青少年多动/冲动的较高严重程度相关。父母的年龄均与儿童ADHD注意力不集中的严重程度无关。母亲和父亲的教育水平与ADHD严重程度无关。母亲年龄较大而父亲年龄较小的ADHD儿童多动/冲动严重程度较高。父母年龄是否为ADHD的风险因素有待研究。
