EVALUATION OF BRAIN ELECTIUCAL ACTIVITY MAPPIN (BEAM) IN CHILDREN WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVE DISOIWER (ADHD).
Mohamed Ashraf Mohamed Kamal El-Din Okasha;
Abstract
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), is a multifactorial disorder that constitutes a definite problem to both family and community. This work aimed at studying this disorder among Egyptian children; according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (4th edition) •.IJSM-IV) criteria, using a new investigative modality namely Brai• Electrical Activity Mapping (BEAM) to find
out its efficacy in diagnosing the disorder. Further, the study extended 1 to identify demographic factors as well as others that may interplay 1 with this problem. •
The subjects of this study were recruited from those children diagnosed and followed-up in the Neuropsychiatry Clinic of Children's Hospital of Ain Shams University; in the period from 1st of January 1994 to the end of December 1997. They were 70 patients out of 1390 attendants, giving a frequency rate of 5.04 %. They were
56 males and 14 females. Their ages (in decimal) ranged between 6.1
and 12.3 years , with a mean age of9.5 ± 1.8y. This sample was subjected to detailed history taking and thorough physical and neurological examination , ADHD scoring using Conner's Abbreviated Teacher Rating Score ( ATRS) ( 1969), l.Q. estimation using Good-Enough-Harris Drawing Intelligence Test (Harris, 1963), Socio -Economic Status level determination using Park and Park classification , ( 1979 ) •, and BEAM Test using BEAM- II machine ofNicolet (Nicolet BEAM- II, 1990 ).
out its efficacy in diagnosing the disorder. Further, the study extended 1 to identify demographic factors as well as others that may interplay 1 with this problem. •
The subjects of this study were recruited from those children diagnosed and followed-up in the Neuropsychiatry Clinic of Children's Hospital of Ain Shams University; in the period from 1st of January 1994 to the end of December 1997. They were 70 patients out of 1390 attendants, giving a frequency rate of 5.04 %. They were
56 males and 14 females. Their ages (in decimal) ranged between 6.1
and 12.3 years , with a mean age of9.5 ± 1.8y. This sample was subjected to detailed history taking and thorough physical and neurological examination , ADHD scoring using Conner's Abbreviated Teacher Rating Score ( ATRS) ( 1969), l.Q. estimation using Good-Enough-Harris Drawing Intelligence Test (Harris, 1963), Socio -Economic Status level determination using Park and Park classification , ( 1979 ) •, and BEAM Test using BEAM- II machine ofNicolet (Nicolet BEAM- II, 1990 ).
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| Title | EVALUATION OF BRAIN ELECTIUCAL ACTIVITY MAPPIN (BEAM) IN CHILDREN WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVE DISOIWER (ADHD). | Other Titles | تقييم مسح النشاط الكهربى للمخ فى الأطفال المصابين باضراب نقص الانتباه وزيادة النشاط | Authors | Mohamed Ashraf Mohamed Kamal El-Din Okasha | Issue Date | 1998 |
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