Alsafar Fatimah A, Alsaad Ali J, Albukhaytan Walaa A
From the Department of Pediatric (Alsafar), Qatif Central Hospital, Qatif, from the Department of Clinical Neuroscience (Alsaad); and from the Medical College (Albukhaytan), King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Eastern Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Med J. 2024 Apr;45(4):397-404. doi: 10.15537/smj.2024.45.4.20230841.
To determine and compare the prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms among male and female medical students in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia and evaluate the effect of ADHD on the academic performance of the affected medical students.
This cross-sectional study measured the prevalence of adult ADHD symptoms among medical students in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. A total of 354 Saudi medical students from King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, and Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia, participated in a self-reported questionnaire. The questionnaire was distributed on different social media platforms from December 2021 to April 2022.
Among the study participants, 26% exhibited symptoms highly consistent with adult ADHD. Young age (<20 years, =0.049) and non-marital status (=0.048) were associated with a higher rate of ADHD symptoms with recorded statistical significance. Additionally, there is no significant association between grade point average and adult ADHD (=0.560).
The study demonstrated a higher prevalence of adult ADHD among medical students in the Eastern Province than the reported rates locally and globally. This could be attributed to social and cultural factors, as well as the chosen method for assessing the symptoms of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual items.
确定并比较沙特阿拉伯东部省份男女医学生中注意力缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）症状的患病率，并评估ADHD对受影响医学生学业成绩的影响。
这项横断面研究测量了沙特阿拉伯东部省份医学生中成人ADHD症状的患病率。共有354名来自沙特阿拉伯宰赫兰法赫德国王大学和达曼伊玛目阿卜杜勒拉赫曼·本·费萨尔大学的沙特医学生参与了一份自填式问卷。该问卷于2021年12月至2022年4月在不同社交媒体平台上分发。
在研究参与者中，26%表现出与成人ADHD高度一致的症状。年轻（<20岁，P=0.049）和未婚状态（P=0.048）与ADHD症状发生率较高相关，具有统计学意义。此外，平均绩点与成人ADHD之间无显著关联（P=0.560）。
该研究表明，沙特阿拉伯东部省份医学生中成人ADHD的患病率高于当地和全球报告的患病率。这可能归因于社会和文化因素，以及评估《诊断与统计手册》项目症状所采用的方法。
