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ReviewPostgraduate medicine2017

Parent-based diagnosis of ADHD is as accurate as a teacher-based diagnosis of ADHD.

Adam Bied, Joseph Biederman, Stephen Faraone

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Review in Postgraduate medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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35citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and oral health in children and adolescents: a systematic review.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Adam Bieda Departments of Psychiatry and of Neuroscience and Physiology , SUNY Upstate Medical University , Syracuse , NY , USA.
Joseph Biedermanb Department of Pediatric Psychopharmacology , Massachusetts General Hospital , Boston , MA , USA.
Stephen Faraonea Departments of Psychiatry and of Neuroscience and Physiology , SUNY Upstate Medical University , Syracuse , NY , USA.
SUNY Upstate Medical University · USMassachusetts General Hospital · US

Funding

Longitudinal Family/Molecular Genetic Study to Validate Research Domain CriteriaR01MH101519 · NIMH · UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY · PI FARAONE, STEPHEN V, GLATT, STEPHEN J · 2014 to 2018
$3.5M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH101519
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo review the literature evaluating the psychometric properties of parent and teacher informants relative to a gold-standard ADHD diagnosis in pediatric populations.

methodWe included studies that included both a parent and teacher informant, a gold-standard diagnosis, and diagnostic accuracy metrics. Potential confounds were evaluated. We also assessed the 'OR' and the 'AND' rules for combining informant reports.

resultsEight articles met inclusion criteria. The diagnostic accuracy for predicting gold standard ADHD diagnoses did not differ between parents and teachers. Sample size, sample type, participant drop-out, participant age, participant gender, geographic area of the study, and date of study publication were assessed as potential confounds.

conclusionParent and teachers both yielded moderate to good diagnostic accuracy for ADHD diagnoses. Parent reports were statistically indistinguishable from those of teachers. The predictive features of the 'OR' and 'AND' rules are useful in evaluating approaches to better integrating information from these informants.

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ParentsSchool TeachersAge FactorsAttention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityChildHumansReproducibility of ResultsResidence CharacteristicsSex FactorsaccuracyADHDdiagnosisinformantParentteacher

Identifiers

PMID28271921
PMCPMC5743217
OpenAlexW2593322431

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