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ArticleEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2016

Early development in children that are later diagnosed with disorders of attention and activity: a longitudinal study in the Danish National Birth Cohort.

Sanne Lemcke, Erik T Parner, Merete Bjerrum, Per H Thomsen, Marlene B Lauritsen

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Article in European child & adolescent psychiatry, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04601779 (INFANT HEALTH- Supporting Infants' Mental Health and Healthy Weight Development Through Community Health Nurses' Promoting Sensitive Parenting), which is not on this map. Cited by 24 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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NCT04601779 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

INFANT HEALTH- Supporting Infants' Mental Health and Healthy Weight Development Through Community Health Nurses' Promoting Sensitive Parenting

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of Southern DenmarkRan2021 to 2025Enrolled406ConditionsInfant Mental Health, Parenting, Parent-Child RelationsArmsVIPP-PUF
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sanne LemckeResearch Department, Centre for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Aarhus University Hospital, Skovagervej 2, 8240, Risskov, Denmark. sanne.lemcke@ps.rm.dk.
Erik T ParnerDepartment of Public Health, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark.
Merete BjerrumDepartment of Public Health, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark.
Per H ThomsenResearch Department, Centre for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Aarhus University Hospital, Skovagervej 2, 8240, Risskov, Denmark.
Marlene B LauritsenResearch Unit for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.
Aarhus University · DKAarhus University Hospital · DKAalborg University Hospital · DK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Not much is known about the early development in children that are later diagnosed with disorders of attention and activity (ADHD). Using prospective information collected from mothers in the Danish National Birth Cohort (DNBC), we investigated if developmental deviations in the first years of life are associated with later ADHD. In the DNBC 76,286 mothers were interviewed about their child's development and behaviour at age 6 and 18 months. At the end of follow-up, when the children were 8-14 years of age, 2034 were registered in Danish health registers with a clinical diagnosis of ADHD. The Hazard Ratio of ADHD was estimated using Cox regression model. At 6 months of age deviations in development showed associations with the child later being diagnosed with ADHD such as duration of breastfeeding, motor functioning, and incessant crying. At 18 months, many observations clearly associated with ADHD as for example the child not being able to fetch things on request [HR 3.0 (95 % CI 2.4; 3.7)], or the child being significantly more active than average [HR 2.0 (95 % CI 1.8; 2.2)]. An association to ADHD was shown, especially at 18 months, if the mother found it difficult to handle the child [HR 2.9 (95 % CI 2.4-3.5)]. However, it goes for all observations that the positive predictive values were low. Many children with ADHD showed signs of developmental deviations during the first years of their life. In general, however, ADHD cannot be identified solely on basis of the questions in DNBC.

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AdolescentAttentionAttention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityChildChild DevelopmentDenmarkFemaleHumansInfantLongitudinal StudiesMaleProspective StudiesAttention deficit disorderChild developmentHyperactivityLongitudinal studyParent interview

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PMID26861952
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