Volume 26, Issue 130, December 2022

Public awareness about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in the Hail region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Kareemah Alshurtan¹, Ahlam Alsuhaymi^2♦, Abdulaziz Alenezi², Sarah Aljumah³, Lama Alhemshy⁴, Saeed Alluwya⁴

¹Assistant professor of internal medicine at college of medicine, University of Hail, KSA
²Medical intern at college of medicine, University of Hail, KSA
³Medical intern at college of medicine, Princess Nourah University, KSA
⁴Medical student at college of medicine, University of Hail, KSA

^♦Corresponding author
Medical intern at college of medicine, University of Hail, KSA

ABSTRACT

Background: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders in pediatric age. It is mostly diagnosed in childhood. Pediatrics with ADHD may have issue with attention, controlling impulsive behaviors and act without thinking about or be overly active. Methods: A cross sectional study including a questionnaire to measure the public information about ADHD in Hail region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The questionnaire has been collected from DSM-IV criteria of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Results: The participants were more than 400 persons from the public in Hail region, we found result of the test have been used in this study and showed that there is statistically significant association between source of knowledge about disease ADHD and participants. Conclusion: There were a lot of positive points regarding the results of the study, but still there were a negative point, need an intervention and take an action.

Keywords: ADHD, Hail region, Awareness, Attention, Deficit, Hyperactivity, Psychiatric disorders

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms511e2579

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i130/ms511e2579

Published: 02 December 2022