Uso de una escala multidimensional para padres de niños de 6 a 11 años en el diagnóstico de deficiencia atencional con hiperactividad [Use of multidimensional scale for parents of children aged 6 to 11 for the diagnosis of attention deficit with hyperactivity]

Authors

David Pineda
R. W. Kamphaus
O. Mora
I. C. Puerta
L. G. Palacio
I. Jiménez
Silvia Mejia-Arango, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
M. García
J. C. Arango

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1999

Abstract

Introduction: The BASC is a multidimensional approach to evaluate the child behavior and it has been validated on the diagnosis of ADD/+H in North American children.

Objective: Validating BASC-PRS 6-11 on the diagnosis of ADD/+H.

Patients and methods: We selected 25 male DSM IV-ADD/+H (combined type), 6 to 11-years-old children, and 25 age, gender, and socioeconomic status matched controls. Mean ages of both groups 8.16 (1.5), schooling of controls 2.64 (1.4), and cases 2.6 (1.9).

Results: On the Clinical Scale ADD/+H children had significant (Anova p < 0.01) higher scores in hyperactivity, conduct problems, and attention problems. On the Adaptive Scale only significant differences on social skills and leadership were found, with lower score in the ADD/+H group. A crosstab analysis between group code and each rating variable transformed into categorical (0 and 1) variable, cut-off point = 85 percentile, found that the case children's parents qualified as clinically in higher risk the variables attention problems (OR = 24.4; 95% CI = 4.5-130), conduct problems (OR = 9.0; 95% CI = 1.7-46.9) and hyperactivity (OR = 6.8; 95% CI = 1.6-28.5) (p < 0.01). A discriminant analysis selected attention problems as discriminant function (p < 0.0001). Classification capability 84% for each group.

Conclusion: Our results proved the validity of the BASC-PRS 6-11 questionnaire for the screening diagnosis of ADD/+H children in a Spanish speaking population.

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Pineda, D. A., Kamphaus, R. W., Mora, O., Puerta, I. C., Palacio, L. G., Jiménez, I., ... & Lopera, F. (1999). Uso de una escala multidimensional para padres de niños de 6 a 11 años en el diagnóstico de deficiencia atencional con hiperactividad. Revista de Neurología, 28(10), 952-959. https://doi.org/10.33588/rn.2810.98333

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Publication Title

Revista de Neurología

DOI

10.33588/rn.2810.98333

Academic Level

faculty

Mentor/PI Department

Neuroscience