title: Self- and Parent-Rated Quality of Life of a Treatment Naïve Sample of Children With ADHD: The Impact of Age, Gender, Type of ADHD, and Comorbid Psychiatric Conditions According to Both a Categorical and a Dimensional Approach.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Our aim was to evaluate the Quality of Life (QoL) of treatment naïve children with ADHD.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data from 178 parent-child dyads were analyzed using multiple regression to assess the relationships between QoL, and characteristics of ADHD and comorbid psychopathology.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Lower self-reported QoL was associated with female gender, higher age, more symptoms of anxiety and trauma-related disorders in dimensional approach, and with the comorbid diagnoses of trauma-related disorders and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)/conduct disorder (CD) in categorical approach. Lower parent-reported QoL was related to older age and increasing number of symptoms of mood and anxiety disorders on one hand, and any diagnosis of mood and anxiety disorders and ODD/CD on the other.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results draw the attention to the importance of taking into account age, gender, and both self- and parent reports when measuring QoL of children with ADHD and both dimensional and categorical approaches should be used.
authors.affiliation: 1 Vadaskert Child Psychiatry Hospital, Budapest, Hungary.|2 Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Gyöngyvér
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dallos
authors.affiliation: 2 Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.|3 Heim Pál Paediatric Hospital, Budapest, Hungary.|4 Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Mónika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miklósi
authors.affiliation: 1 Vadaskert Child Psychiatry Hospital, Budapest, Hungary.|2 Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.|4 Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Ágnes
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: Keresztény
authors.affiliation: 4 Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Szabina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Velő
authors.affiliation: 4 Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Dóra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Szentiványi
authors.affiliation: 1 Vadaskert Child Psychiatry Hospital, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Júlia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gádoros
authors.affiliation: 1 Vadaskert Child Psychiatry Hospital, Budapest, Hungary.|4 Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Judit
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Balázs
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D010290:Parents; D011788:Quality of Life; D057566:Self Report
keywords: ADHD; QoL; Quality of Life; categorical classification approach; dimensional classification approach; parent report; self-report