title: Compliance with guidelines for ADHD: a pilot study of an evaluation tool.
abstract: The investigators developed a 1-page chart abstraction tool to evaluate compliance with practice guidelines for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The tool had strong inter-rater reliability, with kappa of 0.81. Pilot testing for 57 children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder showed only 12% documented full compliance with assessment guidelines and 44% with treatment guidelines.
authors.affiliation: Division of Children's Health Services Research, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA. rvreeman@iupui.edu
authors.forename: Rachel C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Vreeman
authors.forename: Kristine A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Madsen
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Vreeman
authors.forename: Aaron E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Carroll
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Downs
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002648:Child; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects