ADHD and lifestyle habits in Czech adults, a national sample

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/68081740:_____/18:00485276 RIV/00216208:11110/18:10375406 RIV/00064203:_____/18:10375406 RIV/00064165:_____/18:10375406

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S148921" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S148921</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S148921" target="_blank" >10.2147/NDT.S148921</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

ADHD and lifestyle habits in Czech adults, a national sample

Original language description

Background: Adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been added as a diagnosis to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders version 5 (DSM5) in 2013, thus making ADHD, which has been classically known as a childhood disorder, a lifelong disorder. Those suffering from the condition show very specific behavioral traits, which manifest as lifestyle habits; they also show comorbidities that can be the symptoms and/or consequences of certain lifestyles. Materials and methods: The targeted population was adults aged 18-65 years. The total sample was 1,012 (507 males and 505 females). The Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS V. 1.1) was administered to evaluate the current symptoms of ADHD and a questionnaire regarding lifestyles that are pertinent to ADHD, exercise, drug use, and diet. Results: An ASRS score of 4-6 points was found in 11.4% of the male population and 9.7% of the female population (5-6 points indicate very high-intensity symptoms). A score of 6, the highest intensity of symptomatology, was found in 1.18% of males and 0.99% of females. Gender differences in scores were not statistically significant. In terms of self-reported lifestyles, we calculated an ordered logistic regression and the odds ratios of those with ASRS scores &gt;4. Those with higher ASRS scores had higher rates of self-reported unhealthy lifestyles and poor diets with high consumption of sweets. We also ascertained a paradoxical finding that is not in line with the current literature on the disorder - lower rates of cigarette smoking among people with higher ADHD symptomatology. Conclusion: Several specific lifestyles were found to be associated with higher ADHD symptoms such as poor diet and cannabis use. Other factors classically associated with the disorder such as cocaine addiction and nicotinism were either insignificant or surprisingly less prominent among the Czech sample. However, ADHD-prone respondents reported to be more physically active, which fits the clinical picture of hyperactivity but contrasts with literature that reports sedentary ADHD lifestyle.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30215 - Psychiatry

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA18-11247S" target="_blank" >GA18-11247S: ADHD symptomatology and time perception</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

ISSN

1178-2021

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

14

Issue of the periodical within the volume

January

Country of publishing house

NZ - NEW ZEALAND

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

293-299

UT code for WoS article

000422627100001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85040920187