Pharmaco-epidemiological register studies indicate ADHD medication treatment reduces risk of injuries and emergency ward visits in children with ADHD¶

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q2 i? A Danish register-based study showed that treatment with ADHD medication reduced the risk for injuries by up to 43% and emergency ward visits by up to 45% in children with ADHD. → Franke 2018

Evidence¶

Franke 2018¶

Franke, B.; Michelini, G.; Asherson, P.; Banaschewski, T.; Bilbow, A.; Buitelaar, J.K.; Cormand, B.; Faraone, S.V; Ginsberg, Y.; Haavik, J.; Kuntsi, J.; Larsson, H.; Lesch, K.P.; Ramos-Quiroga, J.A.; Réthelyi, J.M.; Ribases, M.; Reif, A. (2018). Live fast, die young? A review on the developmental trajectories of ADHD across the lifespan. European Neuropsychopharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2018.08.001

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Narrative review of pharmaco-epidemiological analyses of large-scale register databases, reporting a Danish record-linkage study attributed to Dalsgaard et al. (2015a). The review states medication "reduced the risk for injuries by up to 43% and emergency ward visits by up to 45%" in children. Percentages only; no effect size printed.

"A Danish register-based study showed that treatment with ADHD medication reduced the risk for injuries by up to 43% and emergency ward visits by up to 45% in children with ADHD ( Dalsgaard et al., 2015a )."

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