Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the symptoms of trauma, depression, anxiety, and irritability in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) during home confinement due to COVID-19. The sample of this single-center, cross-sectional study consisted of 42 children with ADHD and their parents. There were significant differences in the severity of depression, anxiety, irritability, and ADHD symptoms between the group that experienced pathological trauma reactions and the group that did not. According to the results of mediation analyses, the irritability score was found to be the full mediating factor in the relationship between trauma reaction scores/emotional symptom scores and the severity of ADHD symptoms. Because of the modest sample size due to the exclusion of ADHD patients with comorbidities, we recommend that future research focus on reproducing the role of irritability, in larger samples, as the full mediator on the path from cognition to behavior in children with ADHD under home confinement during the pandemic.

摘要

本研究旨在调查因 COVID-19 在家禁闭期间患有注意力缺陷多动障碍 (ADHD) 的儿童的创伤、抑郁、焦虑和易怒症状。这项单中心横断面研究的样本包括 42 名患有多动症的儿童及其父母。经历病理性创伤反应的组与未发生病理性创伤反应的组之间，抑郁、焦虑、易怒和 ADHD 症状的严重程度存在显着差异。根据中介分析结果，发现易怒评分是创伤反应评分/情绪症状评分与ADHD症状严重程度之间关系的完全中介因素。由于排除患有合并症的 ADHD 患者，样本量适中，