Abstract:

The prevalence of Attention-Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is reported as 8% in childhood, 6% in adolescence and 4% in adulthood approximately. ADHD leads to inability to focus on work for people and may be an obstacle to progress in people’s careers.  Individuals with Attention-Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder may start a lot of work at the same time and unable to finish the most of it. In this study Attention-Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder levels have been determined at work places and its relationships with several demographic variables have been analyzed. In this study, “Self-Report Scale of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults (ASRS)” by WHO (World Health Organization) has been utilized. The validity and reliability study of Turkish form was done by Dogan et al. (2009).  The population of the research is the employees reached on the internet. The sample in the study consists of randomly selected 500 people. In the end of the study, it has been seen that 2.4% of the employees have ADH).  The T-Test analysis indicates that no significant difference has been found between managers and employees for ADHD.

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