Inattention And Hyperactivity Symptoms In Children With Atopic Disorders

Abstract

Background: Atopic diseases may cause significant problems in everyday life, The rates of, stress-related disorders, hyperactivity and attention deficit besides physical and emotional disturbances, school absenteeism and play disabilities. Methods: 80 child of the same age (5 to 10 years) and sex. Divided in four groups each one was 20 child, (control group), (bronchial asthma), (allergic rhinitis) and (atopic dermatitis). All children were subjected to full history talking, general examination, and had a questionnaire for the symptoms of inattention and hyperactivity. Results were analyzed using regression analysis. Results: The type of the atopic disease and the sleeping disturbance variable significantly associated with inattention, Bronchial asthma p< 0.001, atopic dermatitis p= 0.000, while allergic rhinitis was insignificant p= 0.336. Sleeping disturbance was significantly associated with inattention in bronchial asthma and atopic dermatitis groups. The I.Q, the sleeping disturbance and the itching are the variables significantly associated with hyperactivity. Conclusions: There was significant association between inattention symptoms and bronchial asthma (p< 0.00) and atopic dermatitis (p< 0.001). But there was no significance with allergic rhinitis. in asthmatic cases there was no significance correlation between bronchial asthma onset, duration, severity, control and/or controller therapy and inattention symptoms. the sleeping disturbance was significantly associated with inattention in bronchial asthma and atopic dermatitis groups.there is statistical significance between hyperactivity symptoms and atopic dermatitis (p< 0.01). Keywords: Atopic diseases, bronchial asthma, atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, inattention and hyperactivity.