Review: ADHD impairs quality of life, but children and young people with ADHD perceive less impairment than parents.

摘要

Question: What is the impact of ADHD and its management on quality of life (QoL) of childrenOutcomes: Quality of life (QoL) as assessed by the parent or child/adolescent using any instrument. The included studies used mainly generic instruments including: the Child Health Questionnaire, Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory, Youth Quality of Life Instrument-Research Version, the Munich Quality of Life Questionnaire for Children, the Dutch Child A7T. TNO Quality of Life, the TNO AZL Child Quality of Life, the EuroQoL Five-Dimension Questionnaire, standard gamble interviews and the Global Impression of Perceived Difficulties. The only disorder-specific measure used was the ADHD Impact Module.