Issue: 2018, Vol. 23, No. 3

Zhdanova L. A., Rusova T. V.

PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT AND MENTAL PERFORMANCE IN ADOLESCENTS WITH ATTENTION DEFICIENCY/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER

Keywords

adolescents, attention deficiency/hyperactivity disorder, peculiarities of development, medico-social aid

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Objective: to reveal the peculiarities in physical, sexual, intellectual development and mental performance in adolescents with attention deficiency/hyperactivity disorder. Materials and methods. Аdolescents aged 14-15 years were enrolled in the study among them 60 patients with attention deficiency/hyperactivity disorder (1st group) and 30 adolescents without such abnormities (control group). Intellectual development was estimated by D. Wechsler intelligence scale for children; mental performance - by the results of correction tests completion. Results. Lower body mass (66,06 ± 1,66 and 55,12 ± 1,22 kg respectively, p < 0,01), body mass deficiency (1,6 times more) and sexual development retardation (29 and 3% respectively, p < 0,01) were revealed in adolescents with attention deficiency/hyperactivity disorder in comparison with adolescents from control group. Indices of intellectual functions (by D.Wechsler intelligence scale) were trustworthy lower in group with attention deficiency/hyperactivity disorder in comparison with control group; there were revealed the reduction of verbal (erudition, ability to acquire and application of knowledge, to operate with numbers, to make analogies and generalization etc.) and nonverbal functions (observation, ability to switch over attention, visual - motor coordination, ability to extrapolation). Children with general intellectual index which was lower average index were revealed in group with attention deficiency/hyperactivity disorder (35% cases). The evaluation of corrective tests results demonstrated that volume of work done in groups did not differ but quality and accuracy of tasks’ completion were trustworthy lower in adolescents with attention deficiency/hyperactivity disorder in comparison with control group. Conclusions. The revealed peculiarities in the development of the adolescents with attention deficiency/hyperactivity disorder required the necessity to consult them in the department of medico-social aid in pediatric polyclinic and to develop individual programs of their physical education and academic loads.

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