Resting metabolic rate pulmonary functions and b

Authors: Ahmet Hamdi Alpaslan Kagan Ucok Kerem Şenol Coşkun Abdurrahman Genc Hatice Karabacak Halil Ibrahim Guzel

Publish Date: 2015/11/16

Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 91-96

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Abstract

Several studies of schoolaged children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD have found a higher prevalence of overweight/obesity compared with the general population However the scientific literature contains insufficient evidence to establish clear conclusions on pulmonary functions resting metabolic rate RMR and body composition in children with ADHD This study therefore investigates the pulmonary functions tests PFTs RMR and body composition parameters in children with ADHD and evaluates their quality of lifeForty children with ADHD and 40 healthy controls participated in the study The children’s parents completed Conners’ parent rating scale CPRS and the pediatric quality of life PedsQL and their teachers completed Conners’ Teacher rating scale CTRS The child participants also completed the PedsQL RMR PFTs and body composition parameters were investigatedNo significant differences in age gender and socioeconomic level were found All CPRS subscales except anxiety and psychosomatic conditions were significantly different p  005 According to the CTRS inattentiveness hyperactivity and conduct problems were significantly higher in the ADHD group The results showed that the ADHD group’s quality of life is worse than the control group Body mass index body composition parameters RMR and PFTs were not statistically different between the children with ADHD and the healthy controls

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