Persistence of Parent-Reported ADHD Symptoms From Childhood Through Adolescence in a Community Sample

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• Alternative Title:
  J Atten Disord
• Personal Author:
  Holbrook, Joseph R. ; Cuffe, Steven P. ; Cai, Bo ; Visser, Susanna N. ; Forthofer, Melinda S. ; Bottai, Matteo ; Ortaglia, Andrew ; McKeown, Robert E.
• Description:
  Objective
  
  To examine ADHD symptom persistence and factors associated with elevated symptom counts in a diverse, longitudinal community-based sample.
  
  Method
  
  Parents reported demographics and completed a diagnostic interview repeatedly over a 6-year period. At Time 1, 481 interviews were completed about children (5–13 years); all participants were invited to four annual follow-up interviews, and 379 (79%) completed at least one. Inattentive (IA) and hyperactive-impulsive (HI) symptom counts were modeled with logistic quantile regression, while accounting for study design complexities.
  
  Results
  
  The prevalence of seven IA symptoms remained stable from early childhood through late adolescence. The prevalence of eight HI symptoms decreased by more than half over time. After demographic adjustment, the upper quartile of HI symptom counts decreased with age (p < .01). High HI symptom counts persisted more among those with high IA symptom counts (p = .05).
  
  Conclusion
  
  This study further characterizes and provides insights into ADHD symptom trajectory through adolescence.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity Child Child, Preschool Community-Based Participatory Research Female Humans Hyperkinesis Interviews As Topic Logistic Models Male Parents Prevalence

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• Source:
  J Atten Disord. 20(1):11-20.
• Pubmed ID:
  24994874
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4474771
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States ; UL1 TR001427/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Oklahoma ; South Carolina
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4f545aa8a7d0d14d3f25e9fa85987d67f118d34d7517ce2a1817733bfd4c1e73
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/31689/cdc_31689_DS1.pdf
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