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| Pilot study on screening for ADHD by partnership between medicine and education |
| YANG You1，ZHONG Xiangyang2，ZHANG Li3，LUO Jing4，BAO Yuanjun5，SUN Pu6，JIN Xingming1 |
| 1. Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China; 2. The Education Institute of Zhabei District, Shanghai 200070, China; 3. Child Health Care Department, Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning 530021, China; 4. Child Health Care Department, People’s Hospital of Luzhou City, Luzhou 646000, China; 5. Child Health Care Department, Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital of Jiujiang City, Jiujiang 230032, China; 6. Child Health Care Department, Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital of Yongchuan District, Chongqing 402160, China |
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Abstract Objective To improve the diagnosis of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by adding the children’s information from teachers in school. Methods A total of 498 students of grade three were selected in five primary schools in Zhabei district of Shanghai. Their parents and teachers were requested to answer the questionnaires of SNAP-Ⅳ for ADHD screening. Results At the cutoff >1, the overall positive rate of parent group was higher than that of teachers, and there was a significant difference between the attention deficit only and the mixed group (P<0.05). Further, ninety-one (18.27%) questionnaires were positive for parents only (46 boys, 45 girls). Forty-two (8.43%) questionnaires were positive for teachers only (31 boys, 11 girls). Ninety-six (19.28%) questionnaires were positive for both teachers and parents (72 boys, 24 girls). There were significant differences between parents and teachers in both attention deficit and hyperactivity on SNAP-Ⅳ questionnaire. There were significant sex differences in teachers subgroup for both teachers and parents positive group. Conclusion There is an obvious difference between parents and teachers to provide behavioral symptoms. At the same time, parents and teachers should have different positive cutoff of SNP-Ⅳ. We should have a faculty report. The combination of education and medicine will make the diagnosis of ADHD more perfect.
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