Kamal Madeeha, Al-Shibli Schahla, Shahbal Saad, Yadav Santosh K
Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar E-mail:
Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Qatar Med J. 2021 Mar 15(1):11. doi: 10.5339/qmj.2021.11. eCollection 2021.
To evaluate the social and academic impact of adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and gender differences compared with their non-ADHD peers.
A cross-sectional descriptive study using a standardized rating scale of teacher observations was conducted in the schools of Qatar from 7 to 12 grades. Teachers completed Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham (SNAP-IV) rating scale questionnaires for the ADHD core symptoms together with nine questions to evaluate the academic and social difficulties in all participants.
A total of 1775 students (mean age: 15 ± 1.5 years; boys/girls: 717/1058) were included in this study. Based on the SNAP-IV rating scale, 150 students were showing core symptoms of ADHD and classified as having ADHD (8.5%; boys/girls; 93/57) and 1625 students as non-ADHD peers (91.5%; boys/girls; 624/1001). Prevalence of ADHD among adolescent students is 8.5%, and it varied significantly between genders with 13% of boys and 5.4% of girls affected by this disorder. Adolescents with ADHD had more academic and social difficulties than their non-ADHD peers, the boys more so than the girls. Boys with inattentive subtype of ADHD had more academic difficulties than girls, while girls had more social difficulties than boys.
The results of this study revealed that ADHD among adolescents is substantially associated with academic and social difficulties in the school environment. Gender differences among students with ADHD should be considered in the school and clinical environment.
评估注意力缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）青少年的社会和学业影响以及与非ADHD同龄人相比的性别差异。
在卡塔尔7至12年级的学校中进行了一项横断面描述性研究，使用教师观察的标准化评分量表。教师完成了用于评估ADHD核心症状的斯旺森、诺兰和佩勒姆（SNAP-IV）评分量表问卷，以及九个用于评估所有参与者学业和社交困难的问题。
本研究共纳入1775名学生（平均年龄：15±1.5岁；男/女：717/1058）。根据SNAP-IV评分量表，150名学生表现出ADHD的核心症状并被归类为患有ADHD（8.5%；男/女：93/57），1625名学生为非ADHD同龄人（91.5%；男/女：624/1001）。青少年学生中ADHD的患病率为8.5%，且在性别之间存在显著差异，13%的男孩和5.4%的女孩受该疾病影响。患有ADHD的青少年比他们的非ADHD同龄人有更多的学业和社交困难，男孩比女孩更甚。患有注意力不集中亚型ADHD的男孩比女孩有更多的学业困难，而女孩比男孩有更多的社交困难。
本研究结果表明，青少年中的ADHD与学校环境中的学业和社交困难密切相关。在学校和临床环境中应考虑ADHD学生之间的性别差异。
