Determining the Prevalence of Attention Deficit Disorder / Hyperactivity in Medical Students of Bandar Abbas University of Medical Sciences in 2011-2014

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of attention deficit disorder/hyperactivity in medical students of Bandar Abbas University of Medical Sciences in 2011-2014. This research is a descriptive study. In this study, 176 students were selected through available sampling among medical students from Bandar Abbas University of Medical Sciences from 2011 to 2014.In this study, the Wender Utah and rating scale were completed by students through self-reporting The population of the study included 176 students who 105 were female students, and 71 were male students. Based on the findings of this study, the rate of attention deficit disorder hyperactivity among students was 1.7%, and 10.8% of students were suspected of this disorder. In this study, there was no statistically significant relationship between the items such as gender, marital status, age, total score, and history of mental disorders and mean scores for attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder. The prevalence of attention deficit disorder hyperactivity in students is significant. Due to the interactions that this disturbance causes in the student's academic and occupational performance, student assessments should be made at university registration as well as at university by the academic advisers in order to diagnose and treat them.