Relation between exposure to different multimedia programs and presentation of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology

Table 2 Descriptive and comparative analysis of demographic data and psychometric and communicative evaluation among the ADHD subgroups

	Mild ADHD, N = 13		Moderate ADHD, N = 13		Severe ADHD, N = 13		P¹	P²	P³
Age (months)	Mean ± SD		Mean ± SD		Mean ± SD		0.323	0.084	0.445
Age (months)	46.3 ± 11.2		50.7 ± 12.9		54.1 ± 9		0.323	0.084	0.445
Gender	N	%	N	%	N	%	0.005*	0.005*	–
Males	6	46.2	13	100	13	100
Females	7	53.8	0	0	0	0
IQ	Mean ± SD		Mean ± SD		Mean ± SD		0.175	< 0.001*	0.006*
IQ	85.7 ± 12.1		82.6 ± 17.1		75.8 ± 9.9		0.175	< 0.001*	0.006*
Social age differences (months)	Mean ± SD		Mean ± SD		Mean ± SD		0.154	0.002*	0.061
Social age differences (months)	2.8 ± 0.7		6.4 ± 2.4		11.1 ± 3.5		0.154	0.002*	0.061
Conners’ score	N = 10		N = 10		N = 13		< 0.001*	< 0.001*	< 0.001*
	Mean ±SD		Mean ± SD		Mean ± SD
	58.1 ± 1.2		67 ± 2		74.8 ± 2.5
	N	%	N	%	N	%
	10	30.3	10	30.3	13	39.4
Language age differences (months)	Mean ± SD		Mean ± SD		Mean ± SD		0.654	0.250	0.114
Language age differences (months)	10 ± 2.8		12.3 ± 3.1		17 ± 5.7		0.654	0.250	0.114
Pragmatic evaluation	N = 10		N = 10		N = 13
Pragmatic evaluation	N	%	N	%	N	%	< 0.001*	< 0.001*	–
Not affected pragmatic	7	70	0	0	0	0
Affected pragmatic	3	30	10	100	13	100

P¹, comparison between mild ADHD and moderate ADHD; P², comparison between mild ADHD and severe ADHD; P³, comparison between moderate ADHD and severe ADHD. Numerical data is expressed in mean ± SD, compared by t-test; data categories are expressed in frequency (percentage) and compared by the chi-square test. Conner’s test was not applied for children less than 3 years
^*Significant