title: Development of a Swedish Comprehensive International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Core Set for adult patients with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults is a phenomenon that attracts a lot of attention in society today. Advances in research have made it clear that many conditions that make people seek medical and psychiatric care may have pervasive deficits in attention, motor control and impulsivity at their roots. Since ADHD in adults is a relatively new and very versatile concept, there is a great need for systemized classification of the ramifications of the deficit that extends into every aspect of these patients' lives.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To develop a Swedish Comprehensive International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Core Set for adult patients with ADHD.
  
  
  METHODS
  A national expert survey was conducted using the Delphi technique and a formal consensus conference. Forty-two experts from different professions and organizations, including psychiatrists and physicians, psychologists, occupational therapists, a counsellor, a specialist nurse, representatives from a patient organization and representatives from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency, participated in the Delphi process and 28 participants from the expert group attended the consensus conference.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At the formal consensus conference, 66 categories from the ICF were identified and included in the national Comprehensive Core Set for ADHD: 21 categories from the component body functions, 26 categories from the component activities and participation, and 19 categories from the component environmental factors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Comprehensive Core Set for ADHD should be regarded as national and preliminary, and should be further tested and evaluated by experts in ADHD in clinical settings in Sweden.
authors.affiliation: Staffan Söderström, Neuropsychologist, Neuropsychological Clinic, Central Hospital , Västerås , Sweden.
authors.forename: Staffan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Söderström
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pettersson
authors.forename: Kerstin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Edlund-Söderström
authors.forename: Gunnar
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ganse
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Holmkvist
authors.forename: Olof
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Westin
authors.forename: Lena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Haglund
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000145:classification; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003697:Delphi Technique; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology; D004651:Employment / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D064702:International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods; D011570:Psychiatry; D012943:Social Security / Q000458:organization & administration; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden; D014944:World Health Organization