Measurement of Impairment among Children with Attention Defcit Hyperactivity Disorder as Part of Evaluating Treatment Outcome
Journal Title: Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal - Year 2013, Vol 13, Issue 2
Abstract
Tis study assesses the impairment and treatment outcome of children with attention defcit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in an outpatient child psychiatry clinic, using multiple sources, including the Children Global Assessment Scale (C-GAS). Methods: A total of 20 children, aged 4 to 16 years, were recruited serially in 2010 from the Child Psychiatric Unit of the Psychiatric Hospital, Manama, Bahrain. Te children received a diagnosis of ADHD using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR). Te children were assessed with the C-GAS by a blinded investigator, initially at the beginning of the treatment and then one year later. Results: Te parents of the patients reported improvement in all cases; the improvement in impairment after one year, assessed using the C-GAS, was signifcant for all of the cases (P = 0.001) and low for those with comorbidity (P = 0.07). Conclusion: Measurement of improvement using the C-GAS was a suitable method of collecting data, and hence should be included in routine clinical practice for both ADHD diagnosis and outcome measurement.
Authors and Affiliations
Ahmed M. Al-Ansari| Department of Psychiatry, Ministry of Health, Manama, Bahrain
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