Stern Adi, Pollak Yehuda, Bonne Omer, Malik Elad, Maeir Adina
1 Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Occupational Therapy, Jerusalem, Israel.
2 Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
J Atten Disord. 2017 Feb;21(4):323-330. doi: 10.1177/1087054713504133. Epub 2016 Jul 28.
Adult ADHD is associated with impaired quality of life (QoL) and deficient executive function (EF). Given the absence of studies examining the relationship between EF and health-related quality of life (HRQL) in this population, the purpose of the present study was to do so, by the use of rating scales and tests.
Adults with ADHD ( n = 81) completed ADHD and EF questionnaires and a neuropsychological battery.
Small to large significant correlations were found between EF ratings and HRQL for most of the variables. No significant correlations were found between all but one EF test and HRQL. Both ADHD symptoms and EF rating, but not the EF test, were found to have a unique contribution to the HRQL.
These results strengthen the ecological validity of the EF rating scales and their utility in identifying EF deficits with real-world implications for adults with ADHD.
成人注意力缺陷多动障碍(ADHD)与生活质量(QoL)受损及执行功能(EF)缺陷相关。鉴于缺乏对该人群中执行功能与健康相关生活质量(HRQL)之间关系的研究,本研究的目的是通过使用评定量表和测试来进行此项研究。
81名患有ADHD的成年人完成了ADHD和EF问卷以及一套神经心理测试。
大多数变量的EF评分与HRQL之间存在小到显著的相关性。除一项EF测试外,所有其他EF测试与HRQL之间均未发现显著相关性。ADHD症状和EF评分对HRQL均有独特贡献,但EF测试没有。
这些结果增强了EF评定量表的生态效度及其在识别对患有ADHD的成年人具有现实意义的EF缺陷方面的效用。