130 - DISTURBANCE OF DEFICIT OF ATTENTION AND HYPERACTIVITY (TDAH) IN MALE SCHOOL CHILDREN

Abstract

The disturbance deficit of attention/hyperactivity (TDAH) is a very complex diagnostic picture, of a precocious start, with chronic evolution that is expressed in diverse contexts. 3 to 5% of the children in school age fill in the diagnostic criteria for the TDAH established in the DSM-IV. Objective: To investigate the incidence of signals that evidence TDAH in male school children in municipal public schools. Material e Method: Five schools had been selected, for convenience, in the order of authorization of Directors and/or Coordinators. The shortened version of Conners' questionnaire for parents and teachers was after applied. For analysis of data the Qui-square test and student-bicaudal tests were applied. Results: Through 275 questionnaires returned from the parents with an average of 38,46 and standard deviation of 13,12 of the identified signals and the 688 questionnaires returned by the professors presented an average of signals in 40,67 with a standard deviation of 12,15, which was the most evident signal for the teachers who states to search for fight with 57,7% and it goes up in all the parts for the parents with 57,4%, even it is not the objective of the study, 43 children were detected with six or more signals of evidences of the TDAH by the parents and 138 children with six or more signals of evidences of the TDAH by the professors, in the five chosen schools, although that for the evaluation of both parts more took advantage at the absence of signals of evidences of the TDAH, with percentage of the absent signal for the Conners' questionnaire with a higher repercussion the criteria Destroyer had 83,4% for teachers and the criteria of Challenge and Intimidate others had excessively 75,5% for the parents. Conclusion: The statistical tests carried through the results show the degree of significance of this study. According to the qui-square test, this related to the evaluation of the nominal variables, establishing the reliable index in 95% and alpha error of 5%, the obtained p-value evidenced the significance of the study carried through for each variable contained in the applied instrument. Test t (student-bicaudal), was applied to interrelate and to prove the different perceptions between parents and teachers, in which the p-value was significant, demonstrating the existing divergences between parents' and teachers' answers, and certifying the existence of signals of evidence of TDAH in the studied sample.