The Children’s Attention Project: a community-based longitudinal study of children with ADHD and non-ADHD controls

BMC Psychiatry

Jan M Nicholson⁴  Obioha C Ukoumunne¹  Philip Hazell⁷  Brad Jongeling³  Vicki Anderson²  Elizabeth J Schilpzand⁵  Daryl Efron⁶  Emma Sciberras⁶ 

[1] PenCLAHRC, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK;Integrated Mental Health Program, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Australia;Department of Paediatrics, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia;Parenting Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia;Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia;Centre for Community Child Health, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia;Discipline of Psychiatry, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

关键词: Outcome assessment;    Community;    Longitudinal studies;    Child;    Attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity;   

Others  :  1124175
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-244X-13-18

 received in 2012-10-17, accepted in 2013-01-03,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) affects approximately 5% of children worldwide and results in significant impairments in daily functioning. Few community-ascertained samples of children with ADHD have been studied prospectively to identify factors associated with differential outcomes. The Children’s Attention Project is the first such study in Australia, examining the mental health, social, academic and quality of life outcomes for children with diagnostically-confirmed ADHD compared to non-ADHD controls. The study aims to map the course of ADHD symptoms over time and to identify risk and protective factors associated with differential outcomes.

Methods/design

The sample for this prospective longitudinal study is being recruited across 43 socio-economically diverse primary schools across Melbourne, Australia. All children in Grade 1, the second year of formal schooling (6–8 years), are screened for ADHD symptoms using independent parent and teacher reports on the Conners’ 3 ADHD index (~N = 5260). Children screening positive for ADHD by both parent and teacher report, and a matched sample (gender, school) screening negative, are invited to participate in the longitudinal study. At baseline this involves parent completion of the NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children IV (DISC-IV) to confirm likely ADHD diagnostic status and identify other mental health difficulties, direct child assessments (cognitive, academic, language and executive functioning; height and weight) and questionnaires for parents and teachers assessing outcomes, as well as a broad range of risk and protective factors (child, parent/family, teacher/school, and socio-economic factors). Families will be initially followed up for 3 years.

Discussion

This study is the first Australian longitudinal study of children with ADHD and one of the first community-based longitudinal studies of diagnostically confirmed children with ADHD. The study’s examination of a broad range of risk and protective factors and ADHD-related outcomes has the potential to inform novel strategies for intervention and prevention.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Sciberras et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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