Open Access<p>Decreased Risk of Influenza in Child and Adolescent Patients with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Following Methylphenidate Treatment: A Nationwide Cohort Study in Taiwan</p>
Author(s) -
Hsuan Lee,
Vincent ChinHung Chen,
YaoHsu Yang,
Ting-Yu Kuo,
TsengHsi Lin,
ShuI Wu,
Kai-Liang Kao,
JunCheng Weng,
Brent Allan Kelsen,
Sophie Hsin-Yi Liang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
neuropsychiatric disease and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2021
pISSN - 1176-6328
DOI - 10.2147/ndt.s242519
Subject(s) - methylphenidate , medicine , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , hazard ratio , confidence interval , confounding , psychiatry , proportional hazards model , pediatrics , population , cohort study , environmental health
Young individuals with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may have an elevated risk of influenza because of the difficulty in complying with the behavioral procedures that help protect against influenza. Moreover, the effects of sufficient methylphenidate treatment on influenza have received little attention.