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- Title
Health-related quality of life in children and adolescents who have a diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
- Authors
Klassen, Anne F; Miller, Anton; Fine, Stuart
- Abstract
The aim of treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is to decrease symptoms, enhance functionality, and improve well-being for the child and his or her close contacts. However, the measurement of treatment response is often limited to measuring symptoms using behavior rating scales and checklists completed by teachers and parents. Because so much of the focus has been on symptom reduction, less is known about other possible health problems, which can be measured easily using health-related quality-of-life (HRQL) questionnaires, which are designed to gather information across a range of health domains. The aim of our study was to measure HRQL in a clinic-based sample of children who had a diagnosis of ADHD and consider the impact of 2 clinical factors, symptom severity and comorbidity, on HRQL. Our specific hypotheses were that parent-reported HRQL would be poorer in children with ADHD than in normative US and Australian pediatric samples, in children with increasing severity of ADHD symptoms, and in children who had diagnoses of comorbid psychiatric disorders.
- Publication
Pediatrics, 2004, Vol 114, Issue 5, pe541
- ISSN
1098-4275
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1542/peds.2004-0844