Abstract

LOPEZ VILLALOBOS, José Antonio et al. Validity of the DSM-IV criteria according to the parents' response in the diagnosis of the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Rev. Asoc. Esp. Neuropsiq. [online]. 2011, vol.31, n.2, pp.271-283. ISSN 2340-2733.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S0211-57352011000200007.

Introduction. Objective: To study the validity of each of the items DSM-IV for the diagnosis of the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and to look for a reduced model of items that allows predicting ADHD. Subjects and methods: We use the information of an epidemiological study on ADHD with a sample of 1095 children. 6.6 % are ADHD cases. ADHD cases are defined according to ADHD RS-IV and clinical criteria DSM-IV. Controls are defined by exclusion. Results: The model of logistic regression that better predicts the inattentive phenotype is composed by the items of the ADHD RS-IV (parents' version) 1, 3, 9, 15 and 17 (Sensitivity: 96.7%, Specificity: 81.5%); the hyperactive / impulsive phenotype by the items 2, 4, 10, 12, 14 and 16 (Sensitivity: 96.6%, Specificity: 81%) and the combined phenotype by the items 9, 10, 12, 14 and 15 (Sensitivity: 100%, Specificity: 82.6%). A reduction of 66 % of the items in the combined phenotype is detected. Conclusions: It is possible to reduce the list of ADHD symptoms with suitable levels of validity and all the items should not have the same weight at the moment of making diagnostic decisions.

Keywords : Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD); Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV); Validity; ADHD Symptoms.

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