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P01-295-Communication impairments in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

W.A. Helland ,
E. Biringer ,
T. Helland  and
M. Heimann
W.A. Helland
Affiliation:
Division of Medicine, Helse Fonna, Stord Statped Vest, Norwegian Supportsystem for Special Education, Bergen
E. Biringer
Affiliation:
Division of Psychiatry, Helse Fonna, Stord
T. Helland
Affiliation:
Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
M. Heimann
Affiliation:
Department of Behavioural Science, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden The Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping, Sweden

Abstract

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Introduction

Communication disorders are often described in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD), but language related problems are neither among the cardinal features nor required to fulfil diagnostic criteria of AD/HD.

Objective

To investigate communication impairments in a group of children with AD/HD compared to a group of Typically Developing (TD) children.

Methods

Fifty-six Norwegian children aged 6–15 years participated. The AD/HD group consisted of 28 children and was matched on age and gender with a TD group. The parents completed a Norwegian translation of the Children's Communication Checklist Second Edition (CCC-2).

Results

In the AD/HD group communication impairment was identified in 23 out of 28 children (82.1%) compared to only one child in the TD group (3.6%). The two groups differed significantly on 9 out of 10 subscales of the CCC-2, as well as on the GCC (MANOVA, p ≤ .001).

Conclusions

Children with AD/HD are likely to exhibit communication problems relative to typically developing children. The two groups differed on 9 out of 10 subscales on the CCC-2. These results add to the growing body of research showing that communication disorders are frequent among children with AD/HD. They underline the importance of routine screening of communication to be performed as part of the assessment procedure in children with AD/HD.

Type
Research Article
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 26 , Issue S2: Abstracts of the 19th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2011 , pp. 296
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2011
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