National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mailstop E-88, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2013;10:E09. doi: 10.5888/pcd9.120073.
Medication is the most effective treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a common neurobehavioral disorder of childhood. We used data from the 2007-2008 National Survey of Children's Health to calculate weighted estimates of parent-reported ADHD and medication treatment among US children aged 4 to 17 years, by state and sex-stratified age. State-based rates of ADHD medication treatment ranged from 33% in Nevada to 79% in Mississippi; rates of medicated ADHD were higher among boys than girls at every age. State-based investigations of ADHD medication treatment factors are needed, and our findings may inform these public health efforts.
药物治疗是注意力缺陷多动障碍(ADHD)的最有效治疗方法,ADHD 是一种常见的儿童神经行为障碍。我们使用了 2007-2008 年全国儿童健康调查的数据,按州和按性别分层年龄计算了美国 4 至 17 岁儿童中父母报告的 ADHD 和药物治疗的加权估计值。以州为基础的 ADHD 药物治疗率从内华达州的 33%到密西西比州的 79%不等;在每个年龄段,男孩的 ADHD 药物治疗率都高于女孩。需要对 ADHD 药物治疗因素进行以州为基础的调查,我们的研究结果可能为这些公共卫生工作提供信息。