Evaluation of attitudes towards treatment in adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

A substantial proportion of adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) do not appropriately adhere to prescribed treatments, especially to pharmacological treatments. It is important to disentangle the specific attitudes that contribute to treatment adherence. A 33-item questio...

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Published in:European child & adolescent psychiatry 2012-07, Vol.21 (7), p.387-401
Main Authors: Ferrin, Maite, Ruiz-Veguilla, Miguel, Blanc-Betes, Maria, Abd, Samaa El, Lax-Pericall, Teresa, Sinclair, Maxine, Taylor, Eric
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adherence
Adolescent
Adolescents
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - psychology
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - therapy
Attention deficit disorders. Hyperactivity
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Attitude to Health
Attitudes
Biological and medical sciences
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Child clinical studies
Children & youth
Families & family life
Female
Humans
Hyperactivity
Male
Medical sciences
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental disorders
Original Contribution
Parents
Parents & parenting
Patient Compliance - psychology
Perceptions
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Questionnaires
Reproducibility of Results
Self Concept
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teenagers
Treatment methods
Validity
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Summary:A substantial proportion of adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) do not appropriately adhere to prescribed treatments, especially to pharmacological treatments. It is important to disentangle the specific attitudes that contribute to treatment adherence. A 33-item questionnaire was applied to 120 adolescents diagnosed with ADHD and their respective parents. Reliability of the scale was explored using factor analysis, Cronbach’s alpha, and test–retest. Validity was explored by face validity and the known-groups method. For the young people’s version, three main dimensions (preoccupations, insight and self-concept) emerged. The parents’ version showed six main dimensions (child’s personal attitudes, worries, social stigma, insight, future side effects and knowledge). The potential of this questionnaire to explore the attitudes of patients and their families towards treatments and for clinicians to predict treatment adherence is discussed.
ISSN:1018-8827
1435-165X
DOI:10.1007/s00787-012-0277-6