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| Title |
Beliefs regarding medication and side effects influence treatment adherence in adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
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| Published in |
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, November 2016
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00787-016-0919-1 |
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| Authors |
Maria Emilsson, Per A. Gustafsson, Gisela Öhnström, Ina Marteinsdottir |
| Abstract |
Adherence to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) treatment is important because, when untreated, it may have serious consequences with lifelong effects. In the case of adolescents on long-term medicine prescription, more knowledge is needed regarding adherence and factors influencing adherence, which was the purpose of this study. Adolescents (n = 101) on ADHD medication ≥6 months were administrated questionnaires at a monitoring appointment: Medication Adherence Report Scale (MARS), beliefs about medicines (BMQ) and the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (B-IPQ). Adherence was high, the mean value was 88% of the maximum MARS score, and correlated positively with the "BMQ-necessity-concerns differential" but negatively with "BMQ-concerns" and "BMQ-side effects". Adolescents with more belief in the necessity of the medication, less concerns and less experience of side effects tended to be more adherent to medication prescription ("intentional non-adherence"), while "unintentional non-adherence" (forgetfulness) was associated with how much they perceived that their ADHD affected their lives. In a multiple regression model, the variance of MARS total (R (2) = 0.21) and "intentional non-adherence" (R (2) = 0.24) was explained by the "BMQ-necessity-concern differential" and "BMQ-experienced side effects". The variance of "unintentional non-adherence" (R (2) = 0.12) was explained by the "BMQ-necessity-concern differential" and "B-IPQ-consequences of ADHD". In conclusion, adolescents on long-term medication reported good adherence, mainly influenced by more beliefs in the necessity versus concerns of the medications, less experienced side effects and more perceived consequences of ADHD. BMQ could be useful to identify risks of low adherence, which should be counteracted by partially gender-specific interventions. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 134 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 24 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 22 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 7% |
| Researcher | 8 | 6% |
| Other | 20 | 15% |
| Unknown | 39 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 31 | 23% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 16 | 12% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 4% |
| Neuroscience | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 18 | 13% |
| Unknown | 44 | 33% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 August 2023.
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