TY - JOUR
T1 - ADHD correlates, comorbidity, and impairment in community and treated samples of children and adolescents
AU - Bauermeister, José J.
AU - Shrout, Patrick E.
AU - Ramírez, Rafael
AU - Bravo, Milagros
AU - Alegría, Margarita
AU - Martínez-Taboas, Alfonso
AU - Chávez, Ligia
AU - Rubio-Stipec, Maritza
AU - García, Pedro
AU - Ribera, Julio C.
AU - Canino, Glorisa
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007/12
Y1 - 2007/12
N2 - Patterns of correlates, comorbidity and impairment associated with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and youth were examined in representative samples from the community and from treatment facilities serving medically indigent youth in Puerto Rico. Information from caretakers and youths was obtained using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children, (version IV), measures of global impairment, and a battery of potential correlates. In the community (N = 1,896) and the treated samples (N = 763), 7.5 and 26.2% of the children, respectively, met criteria for DSM-IV ADHD in the previous year. Although the prevalence rates and degree of impairment differed, the general patterns of correlates, comorbidity and impairment were similar in both populations. The exceptions were associated with conduct disorder, anxiety, impairment in the ADHD comorbid group, and age factors that appeared to be related to selection into treatment.
AB - Patterns of correlates, comorbidity and impairment associated with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and youth were examined in representative samples from the community and from treatment facilities serving medically indigent youth in Puerto Rico. Information from caretakers and youths was obtained using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children, (version IV), measures of global impairment, and a battery of potential correlates. In the community (N = 1,896) and the treated samples (N = 763), 7.5 and 26.2% of the children, respectively, met criteria for DSM-IV ADHD in the previous year. Although the prevalence rates and degree of impairment differed, the general patterns of correlates, comorbidity and impairment were similar in both populations. The exceptions were associated with conduct disorder, anxiety, impairment in the ADHD comorbid group, and age factors that appeared to be related to selection into treatment.
KW - ADHD
KW - Comorbidity
KW - Correlates
KW - Hispanic/Latino
KW - Prevalence
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U2 - 10.1007/s10802-007-9141-4
DO - 10.1007/s10802-007-9141-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 17505876
AN - SCOPUS:34748898348
SN - 0091-0627
VL - 35
SP - 883
EP - 898
JO - Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
JF - Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
IS - 6
ER -