What is it about?
The highest prevalence for the ADHD and non-ADHD children was in the most deprived areas of the community. There was no statistically significant difference between both groups in relation to the sex ratio, mean age at referral and diagnosis, mean number of clinics attended, and the time taken to complete the assessment, distribution of the socio-economic deprivation. The main difference between both groups was the high rate of negative teachers’ responses. No teacher’s rating was positive for any child without a diagnosis.
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Why is it important?
An ideal care pathway should be conducted within a multidisciplinary team, and rely on availability of evidence-based feedback from the school , which is a more reliable pointer to confirmed diagnosis of ADHD.
Perspectives
Dr Michael Ogundele received his medical training at University of Ibadan College of Medicine in Nigeria completed with Distinctions and receipt of several awards. He commenced his residency in Paediatrics in 1993 and completed a research fellowship in breastmilk immunology at Goettingen University in Germany. He also received a postgraduate training in Medical Informatics while in Germany before resuming his Community Paediatric training in the UK. Dr. Ogundele has also completed postgraduate training in Tropical Child Health, Paediatric Neurodisability and Software technology. Dr. Ogundele has worked as a Consultant Peadiatrician in various NHS Trusts in England and Scotland and enjoys teaching, research and clinical governance. Dr. Ogundele has published numerous scientific articles and book chapters on breastmilk immunology, postgraduate training, ADHD and ASD. He has also presented several oral and poster papers at international scientific conferences.
Dr Michael O Ogundele
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Postgraduate Medical Centre
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This page is a summary of: G607(P) Socio-economic characteristics of school-age children screened for ADHD in a local district clinic of England, Archives of Disease in Childhood, April 2016, BMJ,
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-310863.592.
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