Occupational issues of adults with ADHD

Adamou, Marios; Arif, Muhammad; Asherson, Philip; Aw, Tar-Ćhing; Bolea, Blanca; Coghill, David; Gudjónsson, Gisli H.; Halmøy, Anne; Hodgkins, Paul; Müller, Ulrich; Pitts, Mark; Trakoli, Anna; Williams, Nerys; Young, Susan

doi:10.1186/1471-244x-13-59

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“…This is consistent with research that highlight selected environmental factors relevant in ADHD [17][18][19], argue for a better understanding of the environment factors that influence functional outcomes in ADHD [50,51], and promote interventions that help individuals with ADHD to more optimally perform in key environmental contexts [52], such as education [53], vocation [54], and community participation [9].…”

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Standardised assessment of functioning in ADHD: consensus on the ICF Core Sets for ADHD

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Mahdi

Coghill

et al. 2018

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with significant impairments in social, educational, and occupational functioning, as well as specific strengths. Currently, there is no internationally accepted standard to assess the functioning of individuals with ADHD. WHO's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health-child and youth version (ICF) can serve as a conceptual basis for such a standard. The objective of this study is to develop a comprehensive, a common brief, and three age-appropriate brief ICF Core Sets for ADHD. Using a standardised methodology, four international preparatory studies generated 132 second-level ICF candidate categories that served as the basis for developing ADHD Core Sets. Using these categories and following an iterative consensus process, 20 ADHD experts from nine professional disciplines and representing all six WHO regions selected the most relevant categories to constitute the ADHD Core Sets. The consensus process resulted in 72 second-level ICF categories forming the comprehensive ICF Core Set-these represented 8 body functions, 35 activities and participation, and 29 environmental categories. A Common Brief Core Set that included 38 categories was also defined. Age-specific brief Core Sets included a 47 category preschool version for 0-5 years old, a 55 category school-age version for 6-16 years old, and a 52 category version for older adolescents and adults 17 years old and above. The ICF Core Sets for ADHD mark a milestone toward an internationally standardised functional assessment of ADHD across the lifespan, and across educational, administrative, clinical, and research settings.

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Standardised assessment of functioning in ADHD: consensus on the ICF Core Sets for ADHD

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Coghill

et al. 2018

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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“…(Adamou et al, 2013;Russell a. Barkley, 2002;Okie, 2006) DEHB'nin etkilediği en önemli konulardan biri de sürü-cülüktür. Sürücülük saliseler içinde karar vermeyi ve konsantre olmayı, sürdürülebilir dikkati gerektirir.…”

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Relation of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms and Increased Accidents in Airport Workers

Ozveren¹,

Ünübol²,

Sayar³

2017

JNBS

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Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a chronic and debilitating disorder characterized by inattentiveness and impulsiveness, the most commonly encountered symptoms of hyperactivity. Adults with ADHD can suffer performance loss and loss of employment. It has been determined that individuals with ADHD have difficulty driving. Hypothesis of the research was that "the airport workers with a history of workplace driving accident have higher level of symptoms of ADHD, compared to the workers without a history of workplace driving accidents". A total of 138 accidents involving vehicles occurred between 2012 and 2014 at Havaş, where the research was conducted. The research participants were given a questionnaire (study group was 110 workers involved in an accident; control group was 111 workers, matched with the study group for sex and age, although they were not involved in an accident) comprising Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (AASRS) and Adult ADHD DSM-IV Based Diagnostic Screening and Rating Scale (A-ADHDS). Using these scales, the participants were evaluated with respect to their accident status, performance, attendance and demographics. Diagnosis of ADHD was encountered only one employee in study group. A-ADHDS Hyperactivity subscale score was found to be significantly higher in study group compared to control group. Scores of the other subscales of A-ADHDS and AASRS found to be similar in groups. These results suggest that although there found to be no significant differences in rates of ADHD diagnosis in workers with a history of driving accident and the control group; the former may have higher rates of hyperactivity symptoms. Informing the workers and the employers about the effects and consequences of ADHD symptoms in workplace, screening the symptoms of ADHD in those to be employed in critical areas requiring driving skills might decrease the risk of workplace accidents. Keywords: attention deficit, hyperactivity, impulsiveness, workplace accident, HAVALİMANI ÇALIŞANLARINDA DİKKAT EKSİKLİĞİ VE HİPERAKTİVİTE BOZUKLUĞU BELİRTİLERİ İLE ARTMIŞ ARAÇ KAZASI RİSKİ İLİŞKİSİ Özet

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“…The mean worldwide prevalence of ADHD is between 5.29 and 7.1 % in children and adolescents (<18 years) [2, 3] and 4.4 % in adults [4]. It is now accepted that ADHD can persist into adulthood for the majority of individuals [5–7] and as a result, adults experience pervasive impairment across multiple domains including academic [8, 9], occupational [10], relational and self-concept [11] and is associated with psychiatric comorbidity [12], self-perceived stress [13] and poor health outcomes [14, 15]. Furthermore, adults with ADHD have increased mortality rates [16], linked to psychosocial adversity and unnatural causes, including accidents [17].…”

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Advancing services for adult ADHD: the development of the ADHD Star as a framework for multidisciplinary interventions

Adamou

Graham²,

MacKeith³

et al. 2016

BMC Health Serv Res

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BackgroundAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is prevalent in adulthood, resulting in serious impairment across multiple domains of living. Despite clinical guidance recommendations, the relative infancy of research on service provision for adults with ADHD, along with the evidence transfer gap, means that there is a lack of specific frameworks for service delivery. Igniting research and developing service delivery frameworks within adult ADHD is an essential step in the provision of effective services for adults with ADHD.MethodFollowing the methodology used in previous related research that utilises a Participatory Action Research approach, we gathered data from clinicians and service users on the domains of living in which they wish to create change, and the steps and end point of the change process. This data was utilised, alongside data gathered from previous research and policies, to develop the domains of assessment for the ADHD Star, and the scale on which change is assessed.ResultsThe resulting tool, the ADHD Star, consists of eight domains: understanding your ADHD, focus and attention, organising yourself, friends and social life, thinking and reacting, physical health, how you feel and meaningful use of time. Each domain is rated on a five-point scale, the ‘ladder of change’, ranging from ‘stuck’ to ‘choice’.ConclusionsThe ADHD Star offers a guiding framework for the development of care pathways and subsequent service provision for adults with ADHD, based on multi-disciplinary, holistic and person-centred care.

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Occupational issues of adults with ADHD

Cited by 100 publications

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Standardised assessment of functioning in ADHD: consensus on the ICF Core Sets for ADHD

Standardised assessment of functioning in ADHD: consensus on the ICF Core Sets for ADHD

Relation of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms and Increased Accidents in Airport Workers

Advancing services for adult ADHD: the development of the ADHD Star as a framework for multidisciplinary interventions

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