Agreement rates between parent and self-report on past ADHD symptoms in an adult clinical sample.
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.
Dias
Gabriela
G
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Mattos
Paulo
P
Coutinho
Gabriel
G
Segenreich
Daniel
D
Saboya
Eloisa
E
Ayrão
Vanessa
V
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