How do different diagnostic criteria, age and gender affect the prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults? An epidemiological study in a Hungarian community sample

• Published in: European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience Vol. 260; no. 4; pp. 287 - 296
• Main Authors: Bitter, István, Simon, Viktoria, Bálint, Sára, Mészáros, Ágnes, Czobor, Pál
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.06.2010; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - diagnosis; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - epidemiology; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Humans; Hungary - epidemiology; Linear Models; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Neurosciences; Original Paper; Prevalence; Psychiatry; Residence Characteristics; Retrospective Studies; Self Concept; Sex Factors; Young Adult; Hungary; ADHD; Adult; Hungarian; Prevalence; Diagnostic criteria

The goal of the study was twofold: (1) to investigate the effect of different diagnostic criteria on prevalence estimates of adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and (2) to provide prevalence estimates of adult ADHD for the first time in a Hungarian sample. Subjects between 18 and...