Table 1 Characteristics of Italian Studies evaluated for prevalence of ADHD
From: ADHD prevalence estimates in Italian children and adolescents: a methodological issue
First author (year of publication) | Year of data collection | Frame | Age range or mean (yrs) | Sample size | Males in the study (%) | Criteria | RoB Score | Studies using symptom-based questionnaires | Studies with clinical-based diagnosis | |||||||
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Evaluation instrument | Evaluation informant | ADHD prevalence (%) | CI 95% (binomial exact) | Males/ Females ratio | Impairment evaluation | ADHD prevalence (%) | CI 95% (binomial exact) | Males/ Females ratio | ||||||||
O’Leary (1985) [26] | NR | School | 6–8 | 344 | 54.1 | DSM-III | 5 | CTRS | T | 12.2 | 8.9–16.1 | 6.7 | ||||
Gallucci (1993) [27] | 1991 | School | 8–10 | 232 | 46.1 | DSM-III-R | 6 | SQ | T | 3.9 | 1.8–7.2 | 7.2 | ||||
Camerini (1996) [28] | 1995 | School | 6–12 | 2557 | NR | DSM-IV | 2 | CTRS, SQ | T | 5.0 | 4.2–6.0 | 7.6 | ||||
Marzocchi (2000) [29] | 1995–1996 | School | 7–10 | 973 | 52.0 | DSM-IV | 5 | CTRS, SDAI, DBD | T | 8.3 | 6.7–10.2 | 4.1 | ||||
Corbo (2003) [30] | 1999 | FP | mean: 9.5 | 794 | 52.2 | DSM-IV | 4 | CTRS, SQ | P | 2.4 | 1.5–3.7 | NR | NR | 1.5 | 0.8–2.6 | 4.8 |
Ciotti (2003) [31] | 2003 | CANPS | 7–14 | Population 11,980 | NR | ICD-10 | 5 | NR | 1.1 | 0.9–1.3 | 3.1 | |||||
Madeddu (2006) [32] | 2001–2002 | School | 11–13 | 570 | 46.8 | DSM-III-R | 4 | DICA-R | C | 16.7 | 13.7–20.0 | 0.9 | Yes | 1.2 | 0.5–2.5 | 1.5 |
Mugnaini (2006) [33] | NR | School | 6.6–7.4 | 1891 | 50.5 | DSM-IV | 7 | Modified VADTRS | T | 7.1 | 6.0–8.4 | 2.7 | 1.6 | |||
Zuddas (2006) [34] | NR | School | 6–12 | T: 1085 | 53.0 | DSM-IV | 5 | DBD test | T, P | T: 8.6 | 7.0–10.4 | 1.8 | ||||
P: 1575 | 55.0 | P: 2.5 | 1.8–3.4 | 1.4 | ||||||||||||
AR: 1.4 | 0.8–2.3 | NR | ||||||||||||||
Faravelli (2009) [35] | NR | School | 6–11 | 999 | 50.6 | DSM-IV | 5 | SQ | T | 5.6 | 4.3–7.2 | 2.3 | ||||
Maschietto (2012) [36] | 2007–2010 | CANPS | 6–17 | Population 24,028 | NR | DSM-IV | 7 | Yes | 1.2 | 1.1–1.4 | 1.2 | |||||
Bianchini (2013) [37] | 2010–2011 | School | 5–14 | 6183 | 51.4 | DSM-IV | 6 | SDAI | T | 7.3 | 6.7–8.0 | 3.5 | Yes | 3.1 | 2.7–3.5 | 5.7 |
Gritti (2014) [38] | NR | School | 8–9 | 1390 | 45.0 | DSM-IV | 4 | CTRS | T | 2.8 | 2.0–3.8 | 0.5 | ||||
Donfrancesco (2015) [39] | 2002–2003 | School | 7–13 | 1887 | 49.0 | DSM-IV | 7 | SDAG, SDAI | T, P | T: 4.6 | 3.6–5.5 | 7.2 | Yes | 1.3 | 0.9–2.0 | 9.7 |
AR: 2.2 | 1.6–2.3 | 6.3 | ||||||||||||||
Zucchetti (2015) [40] | NR | School | 8–10 | 334 | 48.2 | DSM-IV | 5 | SDAI | T | 10.8 | 7.7–14.6 | 1.5 | ||||