PERCEPTUAL, MOTOR AND ATTENTIONAL DEFICITS IN SIX‐YEAR‐OLD CHILDREN

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Six-year-old Swedish children (3448) were screened for perceptual, motor and attentional deficits with a questionnaire containing 34 yes-no questions. Epidemiological aspects of single symptoms and of groups of symptoms are presented. Boys displayed many more problems than girls. Children attending day nurseries had more problems than part-time pre-school children, particularly as regards attention and behavior. Of the children, 82 with and 59 without questionnaire symptoms suggestive of so-called MBD (Minimal Brain Dysfunction) were examined in an extended neuro-psychiatric study. A discriminant analysis of the questionnaire was performed for these 141 children which demonstrated that a set of 6 questions had a high discriminating capacity detecting for MBD syndromes.

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