Real-life instability in ADHD from young to middle adulthood: a nationwide register-based study of social and occupational problems.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies using self-reports indicate that individuals with ADHD are at increased risk for functional impairments in social and occupational settings, but evidence around real-life instability remains limited. It is furthermore unclear if these functional impairments in ADHD differ across sex and across the adult lifespan.

Method

A longitudinal observational cohort design of 3,448,440 individuals was used to study the associations between ADHD and residential moves, relational instability and job shifting using data from Swedish national registers. Data were stratified on sex and age (18-29 years, 30-39 years, and 40-52 years at start of follow up).

Results

31,081 individuals (17,088 males; 13,993 females) in the total cohort had an ADHD-diagnosis. Individual

SUBMITTER: Ahlberg R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10176742 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature