The Prevalence, Sociodemographic, and Comorbidity Characteristics of Turkish Children with Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome

dc.contributor.authorAkın Tahıllıoğlu
dc.contributor.authorÖznur Bilaç
dc.contributor.authorburcu kardas
dc.contributor.authoromer kardas
dc.contributor.authorGül Ünsel BOLAT
dc.contributor.authorNagihan Saday Duman
dc.contributor.authoremel sari gokten
dc.contributor.authorMerve Cikili Uytun
dc.contributor.authorözlem kahraman
dc.contributor.authorEsra Demirci
dc.contributor.authorAyşe Irmak taşdemir
dc.contributor.authorzeyneb san
dc.contributor.authorFUNDA DÖNDER ŞEN
dc.contributor.authorElif Kurt yılmaz
dc.contributor.authorGAMZE YILMAZ TÜRKEL
dc.contributor.authorMerve Ergüven Demirtaş
dc.contributor.authorBurak Çakır
dc.contributor.authorEyüp Sabri Ercan
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-14T05:51:39Z
dc.date.available2025-04-14T05:51:39Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractObjective: Cognitive disengagement syndrome, formerly known as sluggish cognitive tempo, is defined as mental fogginess, daydreaming, and sluggishness. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and sociodemographic characteristics of children with cognitive disengagement syndrome and to examine the relationship between cognitive disengagement syndrome and psychiatric disorders. Methods: About 268 randomly chosen Turkish primary school children aged 7-11 years from 4 different cities were included in this study. Both teachers and parents completed the cognitive disengagement syn- drome scanning scale of the Child Behavior Checklist and the Barkley Child Attention Survey. Psychiatric diagnoses in children were assessed using a semi-structured clinical interview. Four separate cognitive disengagement syndrome measurements were performed, matching informants with scales.Results: The prevalence of cognitive disengagement syndrome was estimated with a range of 4.9%-10.9%, depending on the way of measurement. Logistic regression analyses revealed that paternal psychopathology (odds ratio = 6.7) and low maternal education (odds ratio = 3.1) increased while advanced maternal age (odds ratio= 0.7) decreased the risk of cognitive disengagement syndrome. Although cognitive disengagement syndrome was found to be more prevalent in children with chronic diseases, this association no longer remained in the full logistic regression model. Attention-defic it/hyperactivity disorder was the most observed disorder and accompanied 42.9%-75% of the cases with higher cognitive disengagement syndrome. However, there was no strong support in favor of associations between cognitive disengagement syndrome and depression and anxiety as a whole. Conclusion: This study provides the first estimates regarding the prevalence and the sociodemographic characteristics of Turkish children with cogni- tive disengagement syndrome. Cognitive disengagement syndrome seems to be relatively more prevalent in Turkey than in Western cultures. Children whose fathers had a psychiatric disorder, whose mothers had low education, and who were at younger ages should be scrutinized for cognitive disen- gagement syndrome.
dc.identifier.DOI-ID10.5152/NeuropsychiatricInvest.2024.23021
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14701/54718
dc.language.isoİngilizce
dc.subjectNörolojik Bilimler
dc.titleThe Prevalence, Sociodemographic, and Comorbidity Characteristics of Turkish Children with Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome

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