Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and narrative discourse in older adults
ABSTRACT Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) encompasses other symptoms besides inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity, such as language problems. ADHD can have a non-remitting course and is also found in older individuals, although there are no studies on language problems in elder...
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| description | ABSTRACT Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) encompasses other symptoms besides inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity, such as language problems. ADHD can have a non-remitting course and is also found in older individuals, although there are no studies on language problems in elderly individuals with the disorder. Objective: To investigate the presence of language impairment in older adults with ADHD. Methods: Language impairment was investigated in three older ADHD adults, and compared with two matched control subjects using a narrative discourse task. The transcript discourses were evaluated based on the Trabasso Model for discourse analysis, and then processed by the Speech Graph Analysis software. Results: Compared to control subjects, ADHD patient discourse had more Plot components and their networks exhibited more Edges. The patients had higher scores on the Narrative Inefficiency, Density and Diameter Indexes as well as on the Average Clustering Coefficient. The networks of control subjects were sequential, with little or no recursiveness, whereas those of ADHD subjects were convoluted. Conclusion: Our results suggest that language deficits described in children, adolescents and young adults with ADHD may persist in older adults with the disorder. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4b7da6e3b2dc4d46a0f598f175f07e472022-12-21T19:24:25ZengAssociação Neurologia Cognitiva e do ComportamentoDementia & Neuropsychologia1980-576412437437910.1590/1980-57642018dn12-040006S1980-57642018000400374Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and narrative discourse in older adultsRafael CoelhoPaulo MattosRosemary TannockABSTRACT Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) encompasses other symptoms besides inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity, such as language problems. ADHD can have a non-remitting course and is also found in older individuals, although there are no studies on language problems in elderly individuals with the disorder. Objective: To investigate the presence of language impairment in older adults with ADHD. Methods: Language impairment was investigated in three older ADHD adults, and compared with two matched control subjects using a narrative discourse task. The transcript discourses were evaluated based on the Trabasso Model for discourse analysis, and then processed by the Speech Graph Analysis software. Results: Compared to control subjects, ADHD patient discourse had more Plot components and their networks exhibited more Edges. The patients had higher scores on the Narrative Inefficiency, Density and Diameter Indexes as well as on the Average Clustering Coefficient. The networks of control subjects were sequential, with little or no recursiveness, whereas those of ADHD subjects were convoluted. Conclusion: Our results suggest that language deficits described in children, adolescents and young adults with ADHD may persist in older adults with the disorder.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642018000400374&lng=en&tlng=enADHDlanguagenarrative discoursecommunication disorderolder adultsaging |
| spellingShingle | Rafael Coelho Paulo Mattos Rosemary Tannock Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and narrative discourse in older adults Dementia & Neuropsychologia ADHD language narrative discourse communication disorder older adults aging |
| title | Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and narrative discourse in older adults |
| title_full | Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and narrative discourse in older adults |
| title_fullStr | Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and narrative discourse in older adults |
| title_full_unstemmed | Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and narrative discourse in older adults |
| title_short | Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and narrative discourse in older adults |
| title_sort | attention deficit hyperactivity disorder adhd and narrative discourse in older adults |
| topic | ADHD language narrative discourse communication disorder older adults aging |
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