TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kittel-Schneider, Sarah
A1  - Wolff, Sarah
A1  - Queiser, Kristin
A1  - Wessendorf, Leonie
A1  - Meier, Anna Maria
A1  - Verdenhalven, Moritz
A1  - Brunkhorst-Kanaan, Nathalie
A1  - Grimm, Oliver
A1  - McNeill, Rhiannon
A1  - Grabow, Sascha
A1  - Reimertz, Christoph
A1  - Nau, Christoph
A1  - Klos, Michelle
A1  - Reif, Andreas
T1  - Prevalence of ADHD in accident victims: Results of the prada study
T2  - Journal of Clinical Medicine
N2  - Background: Recent research has shown an increased risk of accidents and injuries in ADHD patients, which could potentially be reduced by stimulant treatment. Therefore, the first aim of our study was to evaluate the prevalence of adult ADHD in a trauma surgery population. The second aim was to investigate accident mechanisms and circumstances which could be specific to ADHD patients, in comparison to the general population.
Methods: We screened 905 accident victims for ADHD using the ASRS 18-item self-report questionnaire. The basic demographic data and circumstances of the accidents were also assessed.
Results: Prevalence of adult ADHD was found to be 6.18% in our trauma surgery patient sample. ADHD accident victims reported significantly higher rates of distraction, stress and overconfidence in comparison to non-ADHD accident victims. Overconfidence and being in thoughts as causal mechanisms for the accidents remained significantly higher in ADHD patients after correction for multiple comparison. ADHD patients additionally reported a history of multiple accidents.
Conclusion: The majority of ADHD patients in our sample had not previously been diagnosed and were therefore not receiving treatment. The results subsequently suggest that general ADHD screening in trauma surgery patients may be useful in preventing further accidents in ADHD patients. Furthermore, psychoeducation regarding specific causal accident mechanisms could be implemented in ADHD therapy to decrease accident incidence rate.
KW  - adult attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (adult ADHD)
KW  - accidents
KW  - psychosocial stress
KW  - cross-sectional study
Y1  - 2019
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/52572
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-525720
SN  - 2077-0383
N1  - This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
VL  - 8
IS  - 10, Art. 1643
SP  - 1
EP  - 13
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  -