Prevalence of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Among School Children in the City of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso

KABORE Andre, KABORE Ahmed, EDOH Koffi Pierrot, MESSAN Folly, TITO Alberic, LAWANI Mansourou Mohamed

ADHD, prevalence, children, Ouagadougou.

Context: The phases of child development are sometimes disturbed by neurodevelopmental disorders marked by inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity. Admitted under ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is very present in children and evolves into adulthood. In Europe, studies conducted in several countries are very well known, but ADHD remains less studied in developing countries. The present study aims to determine the prevalence value of these functional alterations in preschool children in Africa and, more precisely, in Burkina Faso. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out in Ouagadougou in March-April 2021. Two short versions of the Conners tests specific to teachers and parents were first used to identify suspected cases, and then the DMS-V in a second phase to determine proven cases of ADHD with a starting sample of 1616 schoolchildren. Result: A total of 375 suspected cases of ADHD designated as pathological out of a total of 1616 schoolchildren were retained after passing the Conners scale and distributed as follows: 139 cases (37.07%) identified only from the version parent, 182 cases (48.53%) identified only from the teacher version and 54 cases (14.40%) identified by both versions of the questionnaire. The clinical interview with 298 parents made it possible to estimate the proven cases of ADHD at 13.74%. A breakdown by ADHD subtypes gives 43.58% for the inattentive, 35.20% for the mixed, and 21.23% for the hyperactivity/impulsivity subtype.

https://doi.org/10.31871/WJRR.14.5.8