title: [Association between the characteristics of coordination development disorder and symptoms of attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity in children in the city of Manizales].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) in childhood is an important public health problem, which has important implications for different spheres of development: motor, cognitive, psychosocial and emotional. Therefore, the presence of comorbidity is common, along with other disorders in child development. This article presents a study that determines the association between DCD characteristics with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To determine the association between DCD characteristics and ADHD symptoms in the city of Manizales, Colombia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional, descriptive and associative study, in a sample of 140 children aged 6-12, randomised in public and private institutions. A structured interview was conducted, along with the questionnaires MINIKID and Cuestionario para Trastorno del Desarrollo de la Coordinación (CTDC). A descriptive univariate analysis was performed on the the sociodemographic characteristics, as well as association tests with χ(2) test, and dependence level with φ coefficient.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A statistically significant association was found between the CTDC characteristics with ADHD symptoms (φ=.452; P=.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An association was found in the studied population between the CTDC characteristics and ADHD symptoms, indicating that children with difficulties in motor performance may also have attention difficulties and hyperactivity.
authors: Universidad Autónoma de Manizales, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia. Electronic address: luisasalamanca@autonoma.edu.co.
authors: Luisa Matilde
authors: LM
authors: Salamanca Duque
authors: Universidad Autónoma de Manizales, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia.
authors: María Mercedes
authors: MM
authors: Naranjo Aristizábal
authors: Secretaría de Salud Pública de Manizales, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia.
authors: Ángel Laban
authors: ÁL
authors: Castro Castro
authors: Equipo biopsicosocial, Instituto de Deportes y Recreación de Medellín (INDER), Medellín, Colombia.
authors: Guillermo Andrés
authors: GA
authors: Calle Jaramillo
mesh_terms: D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D003105:Colombia / Q000453:epidemiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019957:Motor Skills Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D014504:Urban Health
keywords: Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder; Child; Comorbidity; Comorbilidad; Diagnosis; Diagnóstico; Motor skills disorders; Niños; Trastorno por déficit de atención con hiperactividad; Trastornos de la destreza motora