title: The Prevalence of ADHD in Fayoum City (Egypt) Among School-Age Children: Depending on a DSM-5-Based Rating Scale.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In the present study, we created a new valid rating scale to estimate the prevalence of ADHD among school-age children in Fayoum City.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted two consequential studies (Studies 1 and 2). In Study 1, the sample comprised 106 children. The ages of the sample participants ranged between 6 and 14 years. The purpose of that study was to validate a new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.; DSM-5)-based ADHD rating scale. In Study 2, the sample consisted of 420 children with ages ranging from 6 to 14 years. We used the new rating scale to estimate the prevalence of ADHD.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The first study showed that the new rating scale for ADHD was valid. The second study revealed that the prevalence of ADHD in Fayoum City was 20.5%, with 33.8% among boys and 6.8% among girls.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We validated a new ADHD rating scale and estimated the prevalence of ADHD in Fayoum City for the first time in Egypt.
authors: 1 University of Kafrelsheikh, Egypt.
authors: Mohammad A
authors: MA
authors: Aboul-Ata
authors: 2 Azza Zidan Experimental School, Fayoum, Egypt.
authors: Fatma A
authors: FA
authors: Amin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012737:Sex Factors
keywords: ADHD; DSM-5; prevalence