ADHD prescription patterns and medication adherence in children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic in an urban academic setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 impacted all students, especially those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), putting them at risk for disruption to their medication regimen and school performance. Our study aimed to identify if ADHD medication regimens were disrupted through analyzing prescription refills and if telehealth management demonstrated a higher rate of adherence.

Methods

A total of 396 patients from the General Academic Pediatrics (GAP) clinic at Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters (CHKD) were included in the study. Patients were between the ages of 8-18 with a history of ADHD for three or more years that was medically managed with four or more prescription refills between January 2019 and May 2022. A retrospective chart review collected age, sex, rac

SUBMITTER: Cunniff PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10921583 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature