Eyüp Sabri Ercan, Akın Tahıllıoğlu, Ali Evren Tufan, Öznur Bilaç
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摘要
目的:探讨儿童注意缺陷多动障碍(ADHD)诊断过程中家长与教师的观察报告冲突。本研究考察了家长和教师对儿童ADHD的诊断准确性,重点考察了家长教育程度、儿童性别、年龄等因素对儿童ADHD的影响。方法:数据来自土耳其儿童精神病理学流行病学调查,包括5,830名6-13岁儿童。ADHD的诊断是通过半结构化的访谈和父母和老师的损伤评分来确定的。两组都完成了ADHD评定量表- iv,以确定ADHD相关症状。通过比较检举人的敏感性、特异性、阳性预测值和阴性预测值来评估诊断的准确性。父母受教育程度分为低教育程度(LEL)和高等教育程度(HEL)。结果:教师的诊断准确率(93.7%)明显高于家长(89.9%),p p p结论:研究结果突出了教师预测ADHD的卓越能力,可能是由于他们在结构化环境中的比较观察优势。父母教育和儿童性别也影响诊断表现。这些结果强调了将教师报告纳入诊断方案的重要性,同时解决了社会教育差异,以提高家长报告的准确性。
Teachers predict ADHD more accurately than parents: findings from a large epidemiological survey.
Objective: Observational reports of parents and teachers might conflict in the diagnostic process of pediatric Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This study investigates the diagnostic accuracy of parents and teachers in identifying ADHD in children, focusing on the influences of parental education level, child gender, and age.
Methods: Data were derived from the Turkish Epidemiological Survey in Childhood Psychopathologies, encompassing 5,830 children aged 6-13 years. ADHD diagnoses were determined using a semi-structured interview and impairment ratings from both parents and teachers. Both groups completed the ADHD Rating Scale-IV to identify ADHD-related symptoms. Diagnostic accuracy was evaluated by comparing sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value across informants. Parental education was categorized into lower (LEL) and higher education levels (HEL).
Results: Teachers exhibited significantly higher diagnostic accuracy (93.7%) compared to parents (89.9%, p < 0.001), a trend consistent across gender and age groups. Teachers predicted ADHD in girls (95.2%) with greater accuracy than boys (92.1%), and similar patterns were observed for parents (girls: 92.0%, boys: 88.0%, p < 0.001). Parents with HEL demonstrated better diagnostic performance (91.3%) than those with LEL (89.4%, p < 0.05), though both were outperformed by teachers. Accuracy slightly declined in older children (10-13 years), but the differences were statistically insignificant.
Conclusion: The findings highlight teachers' superior ability to predict ADHD, likely due to their comparative observational advantages in structured settings. Parental education and child gender also influenced diagnostic performance. These results underscore the importance of incorporating teacher reports into diagnostic protocols while addressing socio-educational disparities to improve parent-reported accuracy.
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Nordic Journal of Psychiatry publishes international research on all areas of psychiatry.
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