Association of Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS)-61 items with clinical psychiatric diagnosis in adulthood.


Journal

Irish journal of medical science
ISSN: 1863-4362
Titre abrégé: Ir J Med Sci
Pays: Ireland
ID NLM: 7806864

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Feb 2022
Historique:
received: 13 02 2021
accepted: 26 02 2021
pubmed: 6 3 2021
medline: 28 1 2022
entrez: 5 3 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

The Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS) is a widely used retrospective scale in adults presenting for ADHD evaluations which features items relating to childhood symptoms. The aim of this study is to establish if certain childhood symptoms (including ADHD) as identified by the WURS-61 are associated with specific mental health disorders in adulthood. Case-control study of N=630 attending Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS) and a control group without mental disorders (N=96). The mean age of the participants was 39.81 (SD 12.94) of which 387 (53.3%) were females. There were no significant differences between cases and controls in terms of age (t= 1.829, df 724, p=.068) and gender (x There is an association between certain childhood behaviours and risk for later development of personality disorders, and psychoactive substance use. There is overlap of childhood symptoms to those who later diagnosed in adulthood with ADHD, personality disorders, and substance abuse.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
The Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS) is a widely used retrospective scale in adults presenting for ADHD evaluations which features items relating to childhood symptoms.
AIMS OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study is to establish if certain childhood symptoms (including ADHD) as identified by the WURS-61 are associated with specific mental health disorders in adulthood.
METHODS METHODS
Case-control study of N=630 attending Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS) and a control group without mental disorders (N=96).
RESULTS RESULTS
The mean age of the participants was 39.81 (SD 12.94) of which 387 (53.3%) were females. There were no significant differences between cases and controls in terms of age (t= 1.829, df 724, p=.068) and gender (x
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
There is an association between certain childhood behaviours and risk for later development of personality disorders, and psychoactive substance use. There is overlap of childhood symptoms to those who later diagnosed in adulthood with ADHD, personality disorders, and substance abuse.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33665779
doi: 10.1007/s11845-021-02574-7
pii: 10.1007/s11845-021-02574-7
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

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Pagination

327-335

Informations de copyright

© 2021. Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland.

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Auteurs

Cliodhna Hanley (C)

Sligo Mental Health Services, Clarion Rd, Sligo, Ireland.
University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Faisal Saleem (F)

Sligo Mental Health Services, Clarion Rd, Sligo, Ireland.

Ignazio Graffeo (I)

Sligo Mental Health Services, Clarion Rd, Sligo, Ireland.

Geraldine McCarthy (G)

Sligo Mental Health Services, Clarion Rd, Sligo, Ireland.

Blánaid Gavin (B)

University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Fiona McNicholas (F)

University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Dimitrios Adamis (D)

Sligo Mental Health Services, Clarion Rd, Sligo, Ireland. dimaadamis@yahoo.com.

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