Correlation between anxiety levels in parents of children with ADHD and anxiety diagnosis acoording to the clinical subtype
Keywords:
Attention deficit disorder, anxiety, schoolAbstract
Abstract: The aim of the present study is to analyze the correlation between the anxi-
ety levels of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) by clinical
subtype and those of their parents. We evaluated 302 children from 7 to 12 years of
age. To classify children with ADHD and control group, the questionnaire was applied
to parents and teachers; "Diagnostic Criteria for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disor-
der" adapted from the DSM-V. The manifest anxiety in the children was evaluated with
the questionnaire Scale of Anxiety manifested in Children Revised (CMAS-R), the
parents were applied the scale of anxiety of Hamilton (Hamilton Anxiety Scale, HAS).
The results showed correlations between Physiological Anxiety in children with C-
ADHD and their parents, (p = 0.01). In the Anxiety questionnaire, significant differ-
ences were observed between parents with children with ADHD-C and parents with
control children, in the following items: Tension, (p = 0.05), Anxious State (p = 0.05).
The logistic regression analysis showed that clinical subtypes of ADHD in children
were associated with anxiety in their parents, the clinical subtypes with the greatest
significance were: ADHD-C (p = 0.0034); ADHD-Hip-Imp (p = 0.1629), ADHD-I (p =
0.001) and with less association, control group (p = 0.4851). Correlations were ob-
served in the levels of anxiety between parents and children with ADHD-C and ADHD-
H and a significant increase in anxiety levels of parents with children with ADHD com-
pared to the parents of the Control group was present.
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