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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Nguyen, Trung
• Xiao, Emily
• Clark, Allison
• Shamim, Afroz
• Maheshwari, Atul

Titel

Screening for ADHD in Adult Patients With Epilepsy: Prevalence of Symptoms and Challenges to Diagnosis

Ist Teil von

• Journal of attention disorders, 2024-01, Vol.28 (1), p.51-57

Ort / Verlag

Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Objective: Given the complex nature of seizure disorders and their treatments, ADHD may be underdiagnosed in this population. We hypothesized that a higher percentage of patients presenting to a seizure clinic would endorse ADHD symptoms compared to rates reported in the general population and that formal screening for ADHD symptoms would identify patients with previously undiagnosed comorbid ADHD. Methods: In this study, we surveyed 312 adults in a seizure clinic using the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS-v1.1). Results: We found that 90 patients (28.8%) screened positive with the ASRS-v1.1, but only nine of these patients were able to complete neuropsychological testing,. Out of these patients, only one was diagnosed with possible ADHD. Conclusion: Through this process, we identified many challenges to making a new ADHD diagnosis in this population, including attention deficits due to other medical or psychiatric diagnoses, a positive urine drug screen, lack of collateral report/information about developmental history, and barriers to neuropsychological evaluation.