Prevalencia de trastornos de conducta agresiva en pacientes pediátricos con trastorno del espectro autista entre 2021– 2022 en el Hospital General IESS Ceibos.

Abstract

Background: Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder that alters social functions and their development during growth, such as difficulties in relating, learning disorders, symptoms such as hyperactivity and aggressive disorders such as homoaggressiveness (aggressive towards oneself) and heteroaggressive (aggressive towards others). Objective: To demonstrate the prevalence of episodes of aggressive behavior disorder, to find if there is a relationship between the sex and age of the patient with the aggressive episodes, the prevalence of the type of aggressive episode and the effectiveness of the treatment to reduce these episodes. Methodology: The study will be observational, descriptive and cross-sectional in patients with ASD diagnosis at the general hospital in the north of Guayaquil IESS Ceibos. Results: of 181 patients with ASD, 111 have AD, of which 80.2% are male. Regarding age, between 5 and 6 years, there is a prevalence of 85%. The type of aggressiveness, 50.3.2% are heteroaggressive, followed by homoaggressive with 44.8%. Treatment: 79.3% of patients with treatment did not present remission of aggressiveness. The most prevalent AD with respect to age is heteroaggressiveness, the age range is between 5 to 7 years, in homoaggressiveness, it is between 5 to 6 years. Conclusion: More than 60% of patients with autism spectrum disorder presented aggressive behavior disorders, with a higher prevalence between 5 and 7 years of age, with a predisposition to heteroaggressive behaviors. Treatment is not significant in reducing this symptomatology