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Epidemiology of adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - first hungarian data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

V. Simon
V. Simon*
Affiliation:
Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary

Abstract

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Introduction

Although ADHD in childhood is a well known and treated condition in Hungary, until recently there was no epidemiologic data about the prevalence of ADHD among adults.

Objective

Estimation of the prevalence of adult ADHD in Hungary.

Methods

In this study1, 3529 subjects (18 to 60 years) were screened with the Adult Self-Report Scale2 6-item version. Out of 279 positively screened subjects, 161 participated in a detailed semi-structured clinical interview.

Results

ADHD was associated with younger age and male gender [χ2=14.46; p=0.0007], however there was no significant interaction between the effect of gender and age [Estimate: –0.031, SE: 0.043, χ2=0.5124; p=0.4741]1. According to the estimates corrected for the ‘not-interviewed’ subsample and after adjusting for specificity and sensitivity data of the screener, the prevalence of ADHD was 2.3% in males, 0.91% in females; 2.02% in the ≤40 years group and 0.70% in the > 40 years group1. In our sample, 82.61% of male, and 78.94% of female ADHD subjects had at least 1 comorbid psychiatric disorder.

Conclusions

The estimated prevalence of ADHD among adults is in line with data reported in the literature.

Type
S37-02
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 26 , Issue S2: Abstracts of the 19th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2011 , pp. 2142
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2011

References

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