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Quality of life in a sample of schoolchildren with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

S. Pérez Sánchez ,
I. Martín Herrero ,
M.A. Cutillas Fernández ,
D. Raya Güimil  and
A. Crespo Portero
S. Pérez Sánchez*
Affiliation:
Servicio De Psiquiatría, Servicio Murciano de Salud, Murcia, Spain
I. Martín Herrero
Affiliation:
Servicio De Psiquiatría, Servicio Murciano de Salud, Murcia, Spain
M.A. Cutillas Fernández
Affiliation:
Servicio De Psiquiatría, Servicio Murciano de Salud, Murcia, Spain
D. Raya Güimil
Affiliation:
Servicio De Psiquiatría, Servicio Murciano de Salud, Murcia, Spain
A. Crespo Portero
Affiliation:
Servicio De Psiquiatría, Servicio Murciano de Salud, Murcia, Spain
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Schoolchildren with ADHD have difficulties in different areas of their lives and sometimes need drug treatment. To comprehensively assess the response to treatment, it is interesting to use quality of life questionnaires where the child’s perspective is assessed.

Objectives

To evaluate the quality of life in children with ADHD.

Methods

Sample of 14 schoolchildren from 11 to 14 years of age who attended a primary care check-up and were diagnosed with ADHD under treatment with long-acting methylphenidate. Parent informed consent. AUQUEI questionnaire Spanish versión

Results

Participants answered the questionnaire before starting treatment, at 3 months and 6 months. Four factors were differentiated with different scores: In the baseline results (before treatment), great difficulties were observed in academic performance in 90% (F4, mean 5), family life in 70% (F1, mean 5) and 30% % in leisure (F2, mean 10). After months of treatment, an improvement was observed in the scores regarding academic performance (F4, mean 13) and family life (F1, mean 9). The female sex presented better total scores in quality of life at six months evaluation.

Conclusions

The AUQUEI is an easy-to-apply questionnaire specific to the child population that provides us with a profile from the child’s point of view and can be very useful in the primary care consultation in the comprehensive assessment of the quality of life of the schoolchild with ADHD and pharmacological approach.

Keywords

ADHDschoolchildrenquality of lifemethylphenidate
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S231
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