Prescription Stimulant Medical and Nonmedical Use Among US Secondary School Students, 2005 to 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Recent information on the prevalence of prescription stimulant therapy for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and nonmedical use of prescription stimulants (NUPS) at the school-level among US secondary school students is limited.

Objective

To investigate the school-level prevalence of and association between stimulant therapy for ADHD and NUPS among US secondary school students.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used survey data collected between 2005 and 2020 as part of the Monitoring the Future study (data collected annually via self-administered survey in schools from independent cohorts). Participants were from a nationally representative sample of 3284 US secondary schools. The mean (SD) response rates were 89.5%

SUBMITTER: McCabe SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10114020 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature