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Title: | The prevalence and comorbidity rates of specific learning disorder among primary school children in Turkey | Authors: | Büber, Ahmet Başay, Ömer Şenol, Hande |
Keywords: | children comorbidity prevalence Specific learning disorder anxiety disorder Article attention deficit disorder autism birth weight child communication disorder conduct disorder family income female food intake human intellectual impairment junk food learning disorder literacy major clinical study major depression male mathematics mental disease nuclear family oppositional defiant disorder parent pediatric patient primary school reading risk factor Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia school child screen time teacher Turkey (republic) writing behavior disorder Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders psychology school turkey (bird) Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity Child Child Behavior Disorders Comorbidity Female Humans Male Neurodevelopmental Disorders Prevalence Schools Specific Learning Disorder Turkey |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis Ltd | Abstract: | Purpose: The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of specific learning disorder (SLD), comorbid disorders, and risk factors in primary school children for the first time in two-stage design in Turkey. Materials and methods: Participants were 1041 pupils in 28 primary schools and aged from 7 to 11. The Mathematics, Reading, Writing Assessment Scale (MOYA) teacher and parent forms were used in the screening stage and parents and teachers of each child completed MOYA. Ninety-five children were screen positive and eighty-three of these children participated in the interview. SLD diagnoses were based on DSM V criteria. Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children–Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL) was used for the comorbid psychiatric disorders. Results and conclusions: The prevalence rate of the SLD was 6.6%, impairment in reading was 4%, in mathematics was 3.6%, and in written expression was 1.8%. About 62.75% of children with SLD had one or more comorbid diagnoses. ADHD was the most common comorbid mental disorder in SLD (54.9%). SLD prevalence was higher among males. The prevalence of SLD in primary school children in Turkey is consistent with previous studies. © 2020, © 2020 The Nordic Psychiatric Association. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/11499/37065 https://doi.org/10.1080/08039488.2020.1740782 |
ISSN: | 0803-9488 |
Appears in Collections: | PubMed İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / PubMed Indexed Publications Collection Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection Tıp Fakültesi Koleksiyonu WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection |
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