Prevalencia de trastorno por déficit de atención e hiperactividad en pacientes de 6 a 15 años de edad diagnosticados con epilepsia en el Hospital General del Norte de Guayaquil Los Ceibos durante el período comprendido entre junio de 2017 hasta junio de 2019.

Abstract

Background: Although exist some studies made in other countries that have showed evidence on the relationship between epilepsy and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). In Ecuador does not exist studies about the relation and prevalence of ADHD in pediatric population with diagnostic of epilepsy. Objective: Determinate the prevalence and associated factors for the development of ADHD in patients with Epilepsy, epidemiological characteristics of the patients that developed ADHD. Materials and methods: It was made a non-experimental, descriptive, transversal and analytical study. They included pediatric patients from 6 to 15 years with epilepsy diagnosed treated in Hospital General del Norte de Guayaquil Los Ceibos that were attended in outpatient area inside the period of June of the 2017 to June of the 2019. Results: Among 2092 pediatric patients diagnosed with epilepsy, 200 cases were reported with a secondary diagnosis of ADHD corresponding to 9.56% of the sample. The male sex predominates with 153 cases 76.50%. Corresponding to the age group, there is a high proportion of cases in the range between 6 to 10 years (92.5%), being older at the age of 7 years. Generalized type epilepsy presents a higher prevalence with 87 cases 43.50%. Carbamazepine, with 157 cases, has a prevalence of 50%. Conclusions: There is a high proportion of cases that development these pathologies together, being the epilepsy of generalized type beside the treatment with carbamazepine the ones of greater association to the development of ADHD with predominance of the masculine sex, and under the age of 15 years.