Young Adult ADHD Symptoms in the General Population and Neurocognitive Impairment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Neurocognitive impairments are associated with child and adult ADHD in clinical settings. However, it is unknown whether adult ADHD symptoms in the general population are associated with the same pattern of cognitive impairment. We examined this using a prospective, population-based cohort spanning birth to age 25 years.

Methods

We examined associations between self-reported adult ADHD symptoms and cognitive task performance (attention and response inhibition) in adulthood and childhood.

Results

Self-rated ADHD symptoms at age 25 were associated with poorer performance in age 25 cognitive tasks capturing ADHD-related functioning (attention B = -0.03, 95% CI [0.05, -0.01], p = .005; response inhibition B = -0.03, 95% CI [-0.05, -0.01],

SUBMITTER: Agha SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10676027 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature