Occurrence of ADHD in parents of ADHD children in a clinical sample

Figures & data

Table 1 Sex, age, and medication for the participating children and adolescents according to ICD-10

Group	Sum	Sex		Age, years	Medication
	N (%)	Male (%)	Female (%)	M (SD)	N (%)
Mixed subtype	58 (73.4)	49 (62.0)	9 (11.4)	11.05 (2.57)	22 (37.9)
Inattentive subtype	21 (26.6)	14 (18.0)	7 (8.6)	11.31 (2.69)	7 (33.33)
Total	79 (100.0)	63 (80.0)	16 (20.0)	11.12 (2.59)	29 (36.7)

Abbreviations: ICD-10, International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition; M, mean; N, total number; SD, standard deviation.

Figure 1 Prevalence of parents above the cut-off for retrospective ADHD symptoms (WURS-K).

Abbreviations: ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; WURS-K, Wender Utah Rating Scale.

Figure 2 Prevalence of parents above the cut-off current ADHD symptoms (ADHS-SB).

Abbreviations: ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHS-SB, ADHS-Selbstbeurteilungsskala.

Table 2 ADHD symptomatology in mothers and fathers

	Mothers		Fathers
	M (SD)	≥Cut-off (%)	M (SD)	≥Cut-off (%)	P for mean	P for cut-off
WURS-K	22.42 (10.99)	27.3	25.83 (13.92)	49.1	0.253	0.017
ADHS-SB	12.17 (10.54)	33.8	14.54 (12.67)	43.1	0.125	0.352

Abbreviations: ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHS-SB, ADHS-Self-Report; M, mean; SD, standard deviation; WURS-K, Wender Utah Rating Scale.

Table 3 Distribution of symptom severity in mothers and fathers

	Mothers	Fathers
	N (%)	N (%)
Low symptom severity (0–7)	46 (61.0)	23 (46.9)
Medium symptom severity (8–15)	28 (37.7)	23 (46.9)
High symptom severity (=16)	1 (1.3)	3 (6.2)
Total	75 (100.0)	49 (100.0)

Abbreviation: N, total number.

Table 4 Distribution of diagnoses for mothers and fathers

	Mothers	Fathers
	N (%)	N (%)
Mixed subtype (DSM-5)	11 (14.7)	9 (18.4)
Hyperactive-impulsive subtype (DSM-5)	7 (9.3)	5 (10.2)
Inattentive subtype (DSM-5)	12 (16.0)	11 (22.4)
Disturbance of activity and attention (ICD-10)	1 (1.3)	0 (0.0)
No ADHD diagnosis	44 (58.7)	24 (49.0)
Total	75 (100.0)	49 (100.0)

Abbreviations: ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; DSM-5, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition; ICD-10, International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition; N, total number.