A Preliminary Investigation of ADHD Symptoms in Persons with Celiac Disease

Autor/inn/en	Niederhofer, Helmut; Pittschieler, Klaus
Titel	A Preliminary Investigation of ADHD Symptoms in Persons with Celiac Disease
Quelle	In: Journal of Attention Disorders, 10 (2006) 2, S.200-204 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1087-0547
DOI	10.1177/1087054706292109
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Autism; Rating Scales; Dietetics; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Diseases; Attention Deficit Disorders; Hyperactivity; Children; Adolescents; Adults; Correlation; Behavior Problems; Italy; Conners Rating Scales + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Autismus; Rating-Skala; Ernährungslehre; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Disease; Krankheit; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHS; Aufmerksamkeits-Defizit-Hyperaktivitäts-Störung; Aufmerksamkeitsstörung; Hyperaktivität; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Korrelation; Italien
Abstract	Objective: Several studies report a possible association of celiac disease (CD) with psychiatric and psychological disturbances, such as ADHD. Method: The authors assess 132 participants from 3 to 57 years of age (M = 19.3 years) affected by CD for the possibility of an associated ADHD-like symptomatology, using the Conner Scale Hypescheme, a behavioral scale similar to the Conners Rating Scales, before their gluten-free diet was started and 6 months later. Results: The overall score improves significantly as well as most of the ADHD-like symptomatology specific features (Bonferroni-corrected, paired-sample t tests). Conclusion: The data indicate that ADHD-like symptomatology is markedly overrepresented among untreated CD patients and that a gluten-free diet may improve symptoms significantly within a short period of time. The results of this study also suggest that CD should be included in the list of diseases associated with ADHD-like symptomatology. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10