Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Medication Use Trajectories Among Women in the Perinatal Period.


Journal

CNS drugs
ISSN: 1179-1934
Titre abrégé: CNS Drugs
Pays: New Zealand
ID NLM: 9431220

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
15 Mar 2024
Historique:
accepted: 26 02 2024
medline: 15 3 2024
pubmed: 15 3 2024
entrez: 15 3 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

An increasing number of women of reproductive age are treated with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication; however, patterns of ADHD medication use for women in the perinatal period have not been well described. This study aimed to describe ADHD medication use patterns from 1 year before pregnancy to 1 year after delivery, and to describe sociodemographic characteristics and clinical features by medication trajectories. The population-based cohort study included pregnancies in Denmark between 1997 and 2020, from the Medical Birth Register, by women who filled at least one prescription for ADHD medication from 12 months before pregnancy until 12 months after delivery. We applied group-based trajectory modeling to classify women into subgroups based on the identification of heterogeneous ADHD medication treatment patterns, and described the characteristics associated with these groups. Overall, we included 4717 pregnancies leading to liveborn singletons by 4052 mothers with a mean (standard deviation) age of 27.5 (5.6) years. We identified four treatment trajectories across pregnancy and the postpartum period: continuers (23.3%), discontinuers (41.8%), interrupters who ceased filling prescriptions during pregnancy but resumed postpartum (17.2%), and postpartum initiators (17.7%). Continuers were older at the time of conception, gave birth in more recent years, were more likely to smoke during pregnancy, and used other psychotropic medications during pregnancy. A large proportion of continuers used methylphenidate (89.1%) compared with the other groups (75.9-84.1%) and had switched ADHD medication type during the whole period (16.4% vs. 7.4-14.8%). We found that approximately 60% of women discontinued or interrupted their ADHD medication around pregnancy, and those who continued differed in sociodemographic and clinical factors that may reflect more severe ADHD.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
An increasing number of women of reproductive age are treated with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication; however, patterns of ADHD medication use for women in the perinatal period have not been well described.
OBJECTIVE OBJECTIVE
This study aimed to describe ADHD medication use patterns from 1 year before pregnancy to 1 year after delivery, and to describe sociodemographic characteristics and clinical features by medication trajectories.
METHODS METHODS
The population-based cohort study included pregnancies in Denmark between 1997 and 2020, from the Medical Birth Register, by women who filled at least one prescription for ADHD medication from 12 months before pregnancy until 12 months after delivery. We applied group-based trajectory modeling to classify women into subgroups based on the identification of heterogeneous ADHD medication treatment patterns, and described the characteristics associated with these groups.
RESULTS RESULTS
Overall, we included 4717 pregnancies leading to liveborn singletons by 4052 mothers with a mean (standard deviation) age of 27.5 (5.6) years. We identified four treatment trajectories across pregnancy and the postpartum period: continuers (23.3%), discontinuers (41.8%), interrupters who ceased filling prescriptions during pregnancy but resumed postpartum (17.2%), and postpartum initiators (17.7%). Continuers were older at the time of conception, gave birth in more recent years, were more likely to smoke during pregnancy, and used other psychotropic medications during pregnancy. A large proportion of continuers used methylphenidate (89.1%) compared with the other groups (75.9-84.1%) and had switched ADHD medication type during the whole period (16.4% vs. 7.4-14.8%).
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
We found that approximately 60% of women discontinued or interrupted their ADHD medication around pregnancy, and those who continued differed in sociodemographic and clinical factors that may reflect more severe ADHD.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38489019
doi: 10.1007/s40263-024-01076-1
pii: 10.1007/s40263-024-01076-1
doi:

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Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Organisme : NIMH NIH HHS
ID : R01MH122869
Pays : United States

Informations de copyright

© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Kathrine Bang Madsen (K)

School of Business and Social Sciences, NCRR - National Centre for Register-based Research, Aarhus University, Fuglesangs Allé 26, Building R, 8210, Aarhus V, Denmark. kbang.ncrr@au.dk.
CIRRAU - Centre for Integrated Register-based Research, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. kbang.ncrr@au.dk.

Mette Bliddal (M)

Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.

Charlotte Borg Skoglund (CB)

Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

Henrik Larsson (H)

School of Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

Trine Munk-Olsen (T)

School of Business and Social Sciences, NCRR - National Centre for Register-based Research, Aarhus University, Fuglesangs Allé 26, Building R, 8210, Aarhus V, Denmark.
Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.

Malene Galle Madsen (MG)

School of Business and Social Sciences, NCRR - National Centre for Register-based Research, Aarhus University, Fuglesangs Allé 26, Building R, 8210, Aarhus V, Denmark.

Per Hove Thomsen (P)

Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Research Center at the Department for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark.

Veerle Bergink (V)

Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Department of Psychiatry, Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Chaitra Srinivas (C)

Department of Chronic Diseases, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
Department of Community Medicine and Global Health, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

Jacqueline M Cohen (JM)

Department of Chronic Diseases, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.

Isabell Brikell (I)

Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.

Xiaoqin Liu (X)

School of Business and Social Sciences, NCRR - National Centre for Register-based Research, Aarhus University, Fuglesangs Allé 26, Building R, 8210, Aarhus V, Denmark.
CIRRAU - Centre for Integrated Register-based Research, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.

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