@ARTICLE{Salehi, author = {Salehi, Bahman and Moradi, Shirin and Ebrahimi, Somayeh and Rafeei, Mohammad and }, title = {Comparison of ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) prevalence between female and male students of primary schools in Arak City in academic year of 2009-2010}, volume = {16}, number = {2}, abstract ={ABSTRACT Background and Aim: The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) between female and male students of primary schools in Arak City. Materials and Methods: This study was a descriptive-analytical, cross– sectional study which included 2000 female and male students of primary schools in Arak City between 2009 and 2010. The method of sampling was stratification. We used Intelligence-Matrix of Raven Scale to study students 'intelligence, Canners questionnaire (parents and teachers) to study ADHD, the demographic checklist for recording students' demographic data, and K-SADS-E questionnaire to document diagnosis of ADHD. Data were introduced into SPSS software and analyzed by chi-square test to determine the relationship between qualitative variables and also logistic regression model to determine odds ratio. Results: In this study among 2000 students, 168 were suffering from one type of ADHD. Also this study showed that the prevalence of attention deficit was 2.3 percent (%1.6 in boys and %2.9 in girls), prevalence of hyperactivity–impulsivity disorder was 3.5 percent (%3.9 in boys and %2.9 in girls) and prevalence of the combined type of disorder was 2.7 percent (%3 in boys and %1.3 in girls). There were a significant relationship between prevalence of ADHD and each of the following variables including: gender (p }, URL = {http://sjku.muk.ac.ir/article-1-535-en.html}, eprint = {http://sjku.muk.ac.ir/article-1-535-en.pdf}, journal = {Scientific Journal of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences}, doi = {}, year = {2011} }