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Prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder among children and adolescents in Spain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies

BACKGROUND: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a commonly diagnosed neuropsychiatric disorder in childhood, but the frequency of the condition is not well established in many countries. The aim of the present study was to quantify the overall prevalence of ADHD among children and ado...

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Autores principales: Catalá-López, Ferrán, Peiró, Salvador, Ridao, Manuel, Sanfélix-Gimeno, Gabriel, Gènova-Maleras, Ricard, Catalá, Miguel A
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3534011/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23057832
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-12-168
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author Catalá-López, Ferrán
Peiró, Salvador
Ridao, Manuel
Sanfélix-Gimeno, Gabriel
Gènova-Maleras, Ricard
Catalá, Miguel A
author_facet Catalá-López, Ferrán
Peiró, Salvador
Ridao, Manuel
Sanfélix-Gimeno, Gabriel
Gènova-Maleras, Ricard
Catalá, Miguel A
author_sort Catalá-López, Ferrán
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description BACKGROUND: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a commonly diagnosed neuropsychiatric disorder in childhood, but the frequency of the condition is not well established in many countries. The aim of the present study was to quantify the overall prevalence of ADHD among children and adolescents in Spain by means of a systematic review and meta-analysis. METHODS: PubMed/MEDLINE, IME, IBECS and TESEO were comprehensively searched. Original reports were selected if they provided data on prevalence estimates of ADHD among people under 18 years old in Spain and were cross-sectional, observational epidemiological studies. Information from included studies was systematically extracted and evaluated. Overall pooled-prevalence estimates of ADHD were calculated using random-effects models. Sources of heterogeneity were explored by means sub-groups analyses and univariate meta-regressions. RESULTS: Fourteen epidemiological studies (13,026 subjects) were selected. The overall pooled-prevalence of ADHD was estimated at 6.8% [95% confidence interval (CI) 4.9 – 8.8%] representing 361,580 (95% CI 260,550 – 467,927) children and adolescents in the community. There was significant heterogeneity (P < 0.001), which was incompletely explained by subgroup analyses and meta-regressions. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that the prevalence of ADHD among children and adolescents in Spain is consistent with previous studies conducted in other countries and regions. This study represents a first step in estimating the national burden of ADHD that will be essential to building evidence-based programs and services.
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spelling pubmed-35340112013-01-07 Prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder among children and adolescents in Spain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies Catalá-López, Ferrán Peiró, Salvador Ridao, Manuel Sanfélix-Gimeno, Gabriel Gènova-Maleras, Ricard Catalá, Miguel A BMC Psychiatry Research Article BACKGROUND: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a commonly diagnosed neuropsychiatric disorder in childhood, but the frequency of the condition is not well established in many countries. The aim of the present study was to quantify the overall prevalence of ADHD among children and adolescents in Spain by means of a systematic review and meta-analysis. METHODS: PubMed/MEDLINE, IME, IBECS and TESEO were comprehensively searched. Original reports were selected if they provided data on prevalence estimates of ADHD among people under 18 years old in Spain and were cross-sectional, observational epidemiological studies. Information from included studies was systematically extracted and evaluated. Overall pooled-prevalence estimates of ADHD were calculated using random-effects models. Sources of heterogeneity were explored by means sub-groups analyses and univariate meta-regressions. RESULTS: Fourteen epidemiological studies (13,026 subjects) were selected. The overall pooled-prevalence of ADHD was estimated at 6.8% [95% confidence interval (CI) 4.9 – 8.8%] representing 361,580 (95% CI 260,550 – 467,927) children and adolescents in the community. There was significant heterogeneity (P < 0.001), which was incompletely explained by subgroup analyses and meta-regressions. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that the prevalence of ADHD among children and adolescents in Spain is consistent with previous studies conducted in other countries and regions. This study represents a first step in estimating the national burden of ADHD that will be essential to building evidence-based programs and services. BioMed Central 2012-10-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3534011/ /pubmed/23057832 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-12-168 Text en Copyright ©2012 Catalá-López et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Catalá-López, Ferrán
Peiró, Salvador
Ridao, Manuel
Sanfélix-Gimeno, Gabriel
Gènova-Maleras, Ricard
Catalá, Miguel A
Prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder among children and adolescents in Spain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies
title Prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder among children and adolescents in Spain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies
title_full Prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder among children and adolescents in Spain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies
title_fullStr Prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder among children and adolescents in Spain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder among children and adolescents in Spain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies
title_short Prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder among children and adolescents in Spain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies
title_sort prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder among children and adolescents in spain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3534011/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23057832
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-12-168
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