A cross-sectional study to assess the prevalence of DSM-5 specific learning disorders in representative school samples from the second to sixth grade in Brazil
dc.citation.issue | 2 | |
dc.citation.volume | 25 | |
dc.contributor.author | Fortes, Isabela S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Paula, Cristiane S. [UNIFESP] | |
dc.contributor.author | Oliveira, Melaine C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bordin, Isabel A. [UNIFESP] | |
dc.contributor.author | Mari, Jair de Jesus [UNIFESP] | |
dc.contributor.author | Rohde, Luis A. | |
dc.coverage | New York | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-10-30T18:46:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-10-30T18:46:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.description.abstract | Little is known about specific learning disorder (SLD) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and even less from representative school samples in small size cities outside huge urban centers. Few studies addressed the new DSM-5 criteria for SLDs. We investigated the prevalence of DSM-5 SLDs, their comorbidities and correlates in school samples of students from the second to sixth grades living in median cities from four different geographic regions in Brazil. A national test for academic performance covering reading, writing and mathematical abilities was applied. Psychiatric diagnoses were assessed by the K-SADS-PL applied to the primary caregiver. A total of 1618 children and adolescents were included in the study. The following prevalence rates of SLDs were found: 7.6 % for global impairment, 5.4 % for writing, 6.0 % for arithmetic, and 7.5 % for reading impairment. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was the only comorbidity significantly associated with SLD with global impairment (p = 0.031). Anxiety disorders and ADHD were associated with SLD with arithmetic impairment. Significant differences were detected in prevalence rates among cities, and several socio-demographic correlates (age, gender, IQ, and socioeconomic status) were significantly associated with SLD with global impairment in our sample. Careful validation and normatization of instruments to assess academic performance is a major problem in LMICs. As expected, we found a significant heterogeneity in prevalence rates of SLD according to geographic regions considering that Brazil is a country with a robust diversity. SLD with global and arithmetic impairment was significantly associated with psychiatric comorbidities. | en |
dc.description.affiliation | Natl Inst Dev Psychiat Children & Adolescents, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil | |
dc.description.affiliation | Univ Sao Paulo, Grad Program Psychiat, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil | |
dc.description.affiliation | Univ Fed Rio Grande do Sul, Hosp Clin Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil | |
dc.description.affiliation | Univ Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Programa Posgrad Disturbios Desenvolvimento, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil | |
dc.description.affiliation | Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Psiquiatria, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil | |
dc.description.affiliation | Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Matemat & Estat, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil | |
dc.description.affiliation | Hosp Clin Porto Alegre, Child & Adolescent Psychiat Div, ADHD Outpatient Program ProDAH, Ramiro Barcellos 2350, BR-90035003 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil | |
dc.description.affiliationUnifesp | Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Psiquiatria, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil | |
dc.description.source | Web of Science | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq, Brazil) | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) | |
dc.description.sponsorshipID | CNPq: 573974/2008-0 | |
dc.description.sponsorshipID | FAPESP: 2008/57896-8 | |
dc.format.extent | 195-207 | |
dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-015-0708-2 | |
dc.identifier.citation | European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. New York, v. 25, n. 2, p. 195-207, 2016. | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s00787-015-0708-2 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1018-8827 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/58489 | |
dc.identifier.wos | WOS:000369325900009 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Springer | |
dc.relation.ispartof | European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry | |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
dc.subject | Specific learning disorder | en |
dc.subject | Mental health disorders | en |
dc.subject | Children and adolescents | en |
dc.subject | Academic performance | en |
dc.subject | Comorbidity | en |
dc.subject | DSM-5 | en |
dc.title | A cross-sectional study to assess the prevalence of DSM-5 specific learning disorders in representative school samples from the second to sixth grade in Brazil | en |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |