Latent Class Analysis of ADHD Neurodevelopmental and Mental Health Comorbidities.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Many children diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) experience co-occurring neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders, and those who do often exhibit higher levels of impairment than children with ADHD alone. This study provides a latent class analysis (LCA) approach to categorizing children with ADHD into comorbidity groups, evaluating condition expression and treatment patterns in each group.

Methods

Parent-reported data from a large probability-based national sample of children diagnosed with ADHD (2014 National Survey of the Diagnosis and Treatment of ADHD and Tourette Syndrome) were used for an LCA to identify groups of children with similar groupings of neurodevelopmental and psychiatric comorbidities among children with current AD

SUBMITTER: Zablotsky B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5747544 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature