Adaptive skills are useful for evaluating the effect of pharmacological treatment in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Acta Paediatr
; 106(1): 96-100, 2017 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
AIM:
There are few long-term studies of adaptive functions as an outcome measure of pharmacological treatment in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This study assessed the adaptive abilities of children with ADHD before and after several years of pharmacological treatment.METHOD:
We studied 12 children with a mean age of 15 years - seven boys and five girls - who had continued pharmacological treatment for ADHD for more than four years. The Adaptive Behaviour Assessment Scales - Second Edition ratings by their teachers were compared before and after they had received treatment for ADHD.RESULTS:
On a group level, the conceptual, practical and general adaptive composite domains improved significantly between the baseline and follow-up study. There were clear individual variations more than half of the group increased from an adaptive level far below average to average, a minority displayed no major changes, and one individual deteriorated. The girls tended to have better outcomes than the boys.CONCLUSION:
This study was nonrandomised and only analysed within-group changes in a small number of participants. However, the findings suggest that four to five years of stimulant treatment had markedly positive effects on adaptive functioning in more than half of the school-age children with ADHD.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Trastorno por Déficit de Atención con Hiperactividad
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Adaptación Psicológica
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Estimulantes del Sistema Nervioso Central
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acta Paediatr
Año:
2017
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Suecia