Extreme DESR in adults with ADHD is linked to lower quality of life on nearly all QLES-Q-SF domains¶
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q3 i? ADHD adults with extreme DESR reported lower quality of life on 14 of 16 QLES-Q-SF items, with vision and medication the exceptions. → Surman Craig B. H. 2013
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Surman Craig B. H. 2013¶
Surman Craig B. H., Biederman Joseph, Spencer Thomas, Miller Carolyn A., McDermott Katie M., Faraone Stephen V. (2013). Understanding deficient emotional self-regulation in adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a controlled study. Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorders. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4009378/
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Cross-sectional comparison of QLES-Q-SF scores between ADHD adults with and without extreme DESR (Table 4; e.g., overall life satisfaction 2.9 ± 1.1 vs. 3.9 ± 0.8, p<0.001). The study reports lower quality of life "on all 16 individual items from the QLES-Q-SF, except vision and medication."
"Among the ADHD subjects, individuals with extreme DESR symptoms had lower quality of life reports on all 16 individual items from the QLES-Q-SF, except vision and medication (see Table 4), and a lower proportion of the maximum possible total score of the QLES-Q-SF items."
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Related Claims¶
- DESR severity correlates strongly with current ADHD symptom severity in adults with ADHD — related
- Extreme DESR in adults with ADHD is linked to worse social adjustment on most SAS-SR domains — related
- Extreme DESR in adults with ADHD is associated with reduced marital status and higher risk of traffic accidents and arrests — related
- Adults with ADHD report deficient emotional self-regulation symptoms far more frequently than adults without ADHD — related
- A majority of adults with ADHD show extreme DESR exceeding the 95th percentile of control subjects — related
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Extreme DESR in adults with ADHD is linked to lower quality of life on nearly all QLES-Q-SF domains |
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Extreme DESR in adults with ADHD is linked to lower quality of life on nearly all QLES-Q-SF domains |
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