Determining the Prevalence of Attention Deficit Disorder / Hyperactivity in Medical Students of Bandar Abbas University of Medical Sciences in ۲۰۱۱-۲۰۱۴

The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of attention deficit disorder/hyperactivity in medical students of Bandar Abbas University of Medical Sciences in ۲۰۱۱-۲۰۱۴. This research is a descriptive study. In this study, ۱۷۶ students were selected through available sampling among medical students from Bandar Abbas University of Medical Sciences from ۲۰۱۱ to ۲۰۱۴.In this study, the Wender Utah and rating scale were completed by students through self-reporting The population of the study included ۱۷۶ students who ۱۰۵ were female students, and ۷۱ were male students. Based on the findings of this study, the rate of attention deficit disorder hyperactivity among students was ۱.۷%, and ۱۰.۸% of students were suspected of this disorder. In this study, there was no statistically significant relationship between the items such as gender, marital status, age, total score, and history of mental disorders and mean scores for attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder. The prevalence of attention deficit disorder hyperactivity in students is significant. Due to the interactions that this disturbance causes in the student's academic and occupational performance, student assessments should be made at university registration as well as at university by the academic advisers in order to diagnose and treat them