ADHD prevalence estimates across three decades: an updated systematic review and meta-regression analysis
Author(s) -
Guilherme V. Polanczyk,
Erik G. Willcutt,
Giovanni Abrahão Salum,
Christian Kieling,
Luís Augusto Rohde
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyt261
Subject(s) - meta analysis , meta regression , context (archaeology) , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , medicine , multivariate statistics , systematic review , prevalence , medline , study heterogeneity , epidemiology , demography , clinical psychology , psychology , statistics , geography , pathology , mathematics , archaeology , sociology , political science , law
Previous studies have identified significant variability in attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) prevalence estimates worldwide, largely explained by methodological procedures. However, increasing rates of ADHD diagnosis and treatment throughout the past few decades have fuelled concerns about whether the true prevalence of the disorder has increased over time.
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