Effect of comorbid attention deficit hyperactivity disorder on achool-age Asperger syndrome children's academic and social function impairment

LIANG Ya-yong; CHEN Kai-yun; CHEN Bi-yuan; CEN Chao-qun; ZOU Xiao-bing

doi:10.11852/zgetbjzz2017-25-07-17

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Chinese Journal of Child Health Care ›› 2017, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (7) : 709-711. DOI: 10.11852/zgetbjzz2017-25-07-17

Effect of comorbid attention deficit hyperactivity disorder on achool-age Asperger syndrome children's academic and social function impairment

LIANG Ya-yong, CHEN Kai-yun, CHEN Bi-yuan, CEN Chao-qun, ZOU Xiao-bing

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Objective To explore the effect of comorbid ADHD on school-age Asperger syndrome (AS) children's academic and social function impairment. Methods The Vanderbilt ADHD Rating Scales was used to evaluate the diagnosed 90 school-age AS children (male 85,female 5) in out-patient,the age ranged from 6~14 years,Average age was 9.11±2.11.The academic and social function impairment of 44 comorbid ADHD children were compared with pure AS children. Results The academic and social function impairment in AS+ADHD group were serious than the pure AS group,which had a distinguished statistical significance (P<0.01). Conclusion The school-age AS children comorbid ADHD have more serious academic and social function impairment.

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Key Word: Asperger syndrome / attention deficit hyperactivity disorder / comorbid / function impairment

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LIANG Ya-yong, CHEN Kai-yun, CHEN Bi-yuan, CEN Chao-qun, ZOU Xiao-bing. Effect of comorbid attention deficit hyperactivity disorder on achool-age Asperger syndrome children's academic and social function impairment[J]. Chinese Journal of Child Health Care. 2017, 25(7): 709-711 https://doi.org/10.11852/zgetbjzz2017-25-07-17

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