Peasgood, T., Bhardwaj, A., Biggs, K. et al. (10 more authors) (2016) The impact of ADHD on the health and well-being of ADHD children and their siblings. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. pp. 1-15. ISSN 1018-8827
Abstract
Childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been associated with reduced health and well-being of patients and their families. The authors undertook a large UK survey-based observational study of the burden associated with childhood ADHD. The impact of ADHD on both the patient (N = 476) and their siblings (N = 337) on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and happiness was quantified using multiple standard measures [e.g. child health utility-9D (CHU-9D), EuroQol-5D-Youth]. In the analysis, careful statistical adjustments were made to ensure a like-for-like comparison of ADHD families with two different control groups. We controlled for carers' ADHD symptoms, their employment and relationship status and siblings' ADHD symptoms. ADHD was associated with a significant deficit in the patient's HRQoL (with a CHU-9D score of around 6 % lower). Children with ADHD also have less sleep and were less happy with their family and their lives overall. No consistent decrement to the HRQoL of the siblings was identified across the models, except that related to their own conduct problems. The siblings do, however, report lower happiness with life overall and with their family, even when controlling for the siblings own ADHD symptoms. We also find evidence of elevated bullying between siblings in families with a child with ADHD. Overall, the current results suggest that the reduction in quality of life caused by ADHD is experienced both by the child with ADHD and their siblings.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2016 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
Keywords: | ADHD; Burden; CHU-9D; Children; EQ-5D-Y; Health-related quality of life; Impact of ADHD on family outcomes; Life satisfaction; Siblings; Sleep; Utility; Well-being |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Health and Related Research (Sheffield) > ScHARR - Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research The University of Sheffield > Sheffield Teaching Hospitals |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED None |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 14 Apr 2016 10:11 |
Last Modified: | 14 Apr 2016 10:11 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-016-0841-6 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s00787-016-0841-6 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:98508 |