Relationship of child behavior problems between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and Tourette syndrome
Abstract：Aim To investigate the relationship of behavior problems between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and Tourette syndrome(TS). Methods 71 healthy controls, 30 children with only TS, 38 children with TS and ADHD( ADHD+ TS) and 38 children with only ADHD were assessed by Child Behavior Checklist(CBCL). The analysis of variance was used to study the relation among the four groups.Results The patients of the three groups had more behavior problems than the healthy controls( P< 0.01) . The ADHD group had the lowest social scores( P< 0.05); the TS+ ADHD group had the highest scores in aggressive Behavior, externalizing and total behavior problems( P< 0.05); the children with TS were specifically accompanied with obsessive thinking( P< 0.01); the characteristics of ADHD was associated with attention problems and impulsive behavior( P< 0.01) .Conclusion It is indicated that TS and ADHD have more overlap behavior problems, ADHD+ TS is more serious than ADHD or TS alone. Most of behavior problems of TS may be induced by the complication of ADHD.
Keywords：attention deficit disorder with hyperactivitybehaviorchild
Publication Date：2003-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 2551-2553 )