Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health, Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Research in Autism (LABIRINTO), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Research in Autism (LABIRINTO), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Psychiatry Res. 2016 Jun 30;240:1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.04.006. Epub 2016 Apr 5.
This study aims to estimate the prevalence of symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This is a cross-sectional study conducted with the parents of 89 children previously diagnosed with ASD. The research instrument used was the 18-item Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS). Symptoms of ADHD were present in 10.4% of the mothers of children with a diagnosis of ASD and in 11.3% of the fathers. These results suggest that the prevalence of symptoms of ADHD in the parents of children with autism is higher than that found in the general adult population.
本研究旨在评估自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)儿童父母中注意缺陷多动障碍(ADHD)症状的患病率。这是一项横断面研究,共纳入 89 名先前被诊断为 ASD 的儿童的父母。研究工具使用的是 18 项成人 ADHD 自评量表(ASRS)。患有 ASD 的儿童的母亲中有 10.4%和父亲中有 11.3%存在 ADHD 症状。这些结果表明,自闭症儿童父母中 ADHD 症状的患病率高于一般成年人群。