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Open Access 01-12-2020 | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder | Research article

Adult ADHD screening scores and hospitalization due to pedestrian injuries: a case-control study

Authors: Alireza Sadeghpour, Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani, Saber Ghaffari-fam, Shaker Salarilak, Mostafa Farahbakhsh, Robert Ekman, Amin Daemi

Published in: BMC Psychiatry | Issue 1/2020

Abstracts

Background

The aim of this study was to investigate the association between adult ADHD screening scores and hospitalization due to pedestrian injuries in a sample of Iranian pedestrians.

Methods

Through a case-control study, a case population of 177 pedestrians injured by the vehicles in road traffic crashes were compared with 177 controls who lacked a record of intentional or unintentional injuries enrolled from various wards of Imam Reza University Hospital which is a specialty teaching hospital located in the same city with similar referral level. The cases and controls had an age range of 18–65 years and were matched on gender and age. ADHD symptom profile was assessed using the Persian Self-report Screening Version of the Conner’s Adult ADHD Rating Scales (CAARS-S:SV). The association of ADHD screening score and pedestrian injuries was investigated using multiple binary logistic regression to investigate the independent effect of ADHD index score on belonging to case group. Both crude and adjusted odds ratios were reported.

Results

Men comprised 86.4% of the study subjects. The crude odds ratios for all the four ADHD subscales to be associated with pedestrian injuries were 1.05, 1.08, and 1.04 for the subscales A (attention deficit), B (hyperactivity/impulsiveness) and ADHD index respectively. However, the association for subscale A was not statistically significant with a borderline p-value. The final multivariate analysis showed that variables associated with pedestrian injuries in the road traffic crashes were ADHD Index score (OR = 1.06, 95% CI: 1.01–1.12); economic status (including household income and expenditure capacity); educational level and total walking time per 24 h.

Conclusions

Adult ADHD screening score can predict pedestrian injuries leading to hospitalization independently from sex, age, economic status, educational level and pedestrian exposure to traffic environment (average walking time).

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Title: Adult ADHD screening scores and hospitalization due to pedestrian injuries: a case-control study
Authors: Alireza Sadeghpour
Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani
Saber Ghaffari-fam
Shaker Salarilak
Mostafa Farahbakhsh
Robert Ekman
Amin Daemi
Publication date: 01-12-2020
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keywords: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Published in: BMC Psychiatry / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 1471-244X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02848-x

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Adult ADHD screening scores and hospitalization due to pedestrian injuries: a case-control study

Abstracts

Background

Methods

Results

Conclusions

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Abstracts

Background

Methods

Results

Conclusions

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