title: Agreement rates between parent and self-report on past ADHD symptoms in an adult clinical sample.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate agreement rates between parent and self-report on childhood symptoms of ADHD.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty-eight self-referred treatment-naïve adults (33 men, 35 women) were interviewed with a modified version of the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia-Epidemiological Version (K-SADS-E) and asked about past ADHD symptoms, using modified Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th edition; DSM-IV) criteria (at least six symptoms in either domain for present and past symptoms). Parents were given a questionnaire with DSM-IV symptoms list.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty-six patients (67.6%) agreed on the presence of past ADHD diagnosis with their parents; there was agreement on subtype in more than half of cases (58.7%). Fifty patients (73.5%) reported positive past inattention symptomatology, and 31 of them (62.0%) agreed with their parents on their presence in childhood. Thirty-six patients (52.9%) reported positive hyperactivity-impulsivity symptomatology, and 20 of them (55.6%) agreed with their parents' reports.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results suggest retrospective information provided by adults with ADHD has moderate agreement rates with parents' reports for both domains.
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.forename: Paulo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mattos
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Coutinho
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Segenreich
authors.forename: Eloisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Saboya
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ayrão
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D010290:Parents; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires