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  • Title: Outpatient screening of Japanese children with epilepsy for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD).
    Author: Tanabe T, Kashiwagi M, Shimakawa S, Tamai H, Wakamiya E.
    Journal: Brain Dev; 2014 Apr; 36(4):301-5. PubMed ID: 23756293.
    Abstract:
    UNLABELLED: The significance of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) score for AD/HD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) screening was assessed in Japanese epileptic children. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Sixty-eight epileptic children were enrolled in this study. Parents were asked to fill out both the SDQ and AD/HD-rating scale (AD/HD-RS) simultaneously. RESULTS: The SDQ subscale of hyperactivity showed the highest score. The AD/HD-RS showed higher scores for both inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity. Twenty-two (32.4%) of these subjects were diagnosed as having AD/HD. The SDQ subscale for hyperactivity showed 86.4% sensitivity and 95% specificity, respectively, for detection of AD/HD. All SDQ subscales correlated significantly with inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity scores of the AD/HD-RS. CONCLUSIONS: The SDQ is a good screening tool which can contribute to the detection of AD/HD, not only of the hyperactive/impulsive but also the inattentive subtype. Furthermore, the SDQ can elucidate more complicated behavioral problems than the core symptoms of AD/HD that are not noticed in the epilepsy clinic.
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