Health-related quality of life in adults with attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder

Silva, Maria Aparecida da; Chaim, Tiffany M.; Cavalett, Mikael; Zanetti, Marcus V.; Vieira, Glauco Fioranelli; Busatto, Geraldo F.; Louzã, Mário Rodrigues

doi:10.5935/medicalexpress.2014.01.10

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“…Understanding the intricacies of peoples' experiences of living with ADHD in adulthood is clinically important; these details can help shape the variety of multidisciplinary support options that may be of benefit to patients, which is of primary importance. The narrative here reflects the evidence that experiences of ADHD do indeed result in a lower QoL (Ahnemark et al, 2018;da Silva et al, 2014;Danckaerts et al, 2010;Hansson Halleröd et al, 2015;Safren et al, 2010), yet has demonstrated the importance of implementing qualitative approaches to deepen our understanding. Continuing to develop this narrative is important; especially because ADHD symptomology presents differently in adulthood compared to childhood (Brod, Pohlman et al, 2012) and should be explored in its own right.…”

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confidence: 65%

“…Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) is a broad construct, which aims to signify patients' subjective perception of the impact of health status, including disease and treatment, on physical, psychological, and social functioning over the lifetime (Guyatt, Feeny, & Patrick, 1993;Leidy, Revicki, & Genesté, 1999;Lin, Lo, Yang, & Gau, 2015). Unsurprisingly, lower levels of HRQoL in this population have been reported (Ahnemark et al, 2018;da Silva et al, 2014;Danckaerts et al, 2010;Safren, Sprich, Cooper-Vince, Knouse, & Lerner, 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It has been suggested that qualitative work that has been conducted is either not from an individual perspective (Finzi-Dottan, Manor, & Tyano, 2006), or applies limited methodology in expanding the meaning of QoL issues to patients (Gingrich, Liu, Cascio, Wang, & Insel, 2000). However, a number of useful studies employing various qualitative methods have emerged (Brod, Schmitt, Goodwin, Hodgkins, & Niebler, 2012;Henry & Jones, 2011;Michielsen et al, 2015) which suggest adults with ADHD have lower QoL compared to normative populations (Agarwal et al, 2012;da Silva et al, 2014;Lin et al, 2015). To build on this, development of a QoL narrative in adult ADHD should be from a bottom up perspective, starting with qualitative interviews with people with the disorder (Hooley, 1985), which is not necessarily how previous work has been conducted.…”

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Quality of Life in Adult ADHD: A Grounded Theory Approach

Adamou¹,

Jones²

2020

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ADHD is characterised by a persistent and impairing pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity/impulsivity that causes significant impairment to daily life. This study explores quality of life domains in adult ADHD using grounded theory driven data collection and analysis. Three semi-structured interviews with adults with ADHD with remission of symptoms were conducted. The experience of living with ADHD was reflected in seven themes: lack of a supportive network, labelling and attitudes from others, barriers placed on interpersonal relationships, psychological responses to ADHD, loss of opportunity to fulfil educational and occupational roles, therapeutic interventions, and attitudes to medication. This narrative generates conceptual knowledge of experiences of living with ADHD in adulthood that have not previously been considered. Developing understanding of the intricacies of peoples' experiences of living with ADHD is clinically important as these specifics can help shape the variety of multidisciplinary support options.

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Quality of Life in Adult ADHD: A Grounded Theory Approach

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2020

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“…Previous population studies on QoL reported stronger effects of inattention than of hyperactivity/impulsivity (Das et al, 2012; Oerbeck et al, 2015), but these findings should be interpreted with caution as comorbidities were not considered. In clinical samples, results have been mixed (Da Silva et al, 2014; Kettaneh, 2015; Weiss et al, 2010).…”

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“…Inattention related more strongly to QoL than hyperactivity/impulsivity (Das et al, 2012; Oerbeck et al, 2015) in population samples. In clinical studies, results were mixed (Da Silva et al, 2014; Kettaneh, 2015; Weiss et al, 2010). However, most of the aforementioned studies did not control for comorbidities.…”

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Combined impact of ADHD and insomnia symptoms on quality of life, productivity, and health care use in the general population

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Background Both attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and insomnia have been independently related to poorer quality of life (QoL), productivity loss, and increased health care use, although most previous studies did not take the many possible comorbidities into account. Moreover, ADHD and insomnia often co-occur. Symptoms of ADHD and insomnia together may have even stronger negative effects than they do separately. We investigated the combined effects of symptoms of ADHD and insomnia, in addition to their independent effects, on QoL, productivity, and health care use, thereby controlling for a wide range of possible comorbidities and confounders. Methods Data from the third wave of the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study-2 were used, involving N = 4618 from the general population. Both the inattention and the hyperactivity ADHD symptom dimensions were studied, assessed by the ASRS Screener. Results Mental functioning and productivity were negatively associated with the co-occurrence of ADHD and insomnia symptoms, even after adjusting for comorbidity and confounders. The results show no indication of differences between inattention and hyperactivity. Poorer physical functioning and health care use were not directly influenced by the interaction between ADHD and insomnia. Conclusions People with both ADHD and sleep problems have increased risk for poorer mental functioning and productivity loss. These results underscore the importance of screening for sleep problems when ADHD symptoms are present, and vice versa, and to target both disorders during treatment.

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Health-related quality of life in adults with attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder

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Quality of Life in Adult ADHD: A Grounded Theory Approach

Quality of Life in Adult ADHD: A Grounded Theory Approach

Combined impact of ADHD and insomnia symptoms on quality of life, productivity, and health care use in the general population

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