Abstract

SALAMANCA DUQUE, Luisa Matilde; NARANJO ARISTIZABAL, María Mercedes; CASTRO CASTRO, Ángel Laban  and  CALLE JARAMILLO, Guillermo Andrés. Association between the characteristics of coordination development disorder and symptoms of attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity in children in the city of Manizales. rev.colomb.psiquiatr. [online]. 2016, vol.45, n.3, pp.156-161. ISSN 0034-7450.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcp.2015.09.0030034-7450.

Introduction: Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) in childhood is an important public health problem, which has important implications for different spheres of development: motor, cognitive, psychosocial and emotional. Therefore, the presence of comorbidity is common, along with other disorders in child development. this article presents a study that determines the association between DCD characteristics with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms. Objective: To determine the association between DCD characteristics and ADHD symptoms in the city of Manizales, Colombia. Methods: Cross-sectional, descriptive and associative study, in a sample of 140 children aged 6-12, randomised in public and private institutions. A structured interview was conducted, along with the questionnaires MINIKID and Cuestionario para Trastorno del Desarrollo de la Coordinación (CTDC). A descriptive univariate analysis was performed on the the sociodemographic characteristics, as well as association tests with 2 test, and dependence level with φ coefficient. Results: A statistically significant association was found between the CTDC characteristics with ADHD symptoms (φ=.452; P=.001). Conclusions: An association was found in the studied population between the CTDC characteristics and ADHD symptoms, indicating that children with difficulties in motor performance may also have attention difficulties and hyperactivity.

Keywords : Motor skills disorders; Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder; Child; Diagnosis; Comorbidity.

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