Long-Term Psychosocial and Health Economy Consequences of ADHD, Autism, and Reading-Writing Disorder: A Prospective Service Evaluation Project

Autor/inn/en	Nyden, Agneta; Myren, Karl-Johan; Gillberg, Christopher
Titel	Long-Term Psychosocial and Health Economy Consequences of ADHD, Autism, and Reading-Writing Disorder: A Prospective Service Evaluation Project
Quelle	In: Journal of Attention Disorders, 12 (2008) 2, S.141-148 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1087-0547
DOI	10.1177/1087054707306116
Schlagwörter	Family Needs; Intervention; Autism; Asperger Syndrome; Family Life; Quality of Life; Disabilities; Special Education; Psychoeducational Methods; Attention Deficit Disorders; Hyperactivity; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Questionnaires; Reading Difficulties; Reading Skills; Writing Skills; Writing Difficulties; Males; Social Influences; Psychological Patterns; Foreign Countries; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Asperger-Syndrom; Lebensqualität; Handicap; Behinderung; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHS; Aufmerksamkeits-Defizit-Hyperaktivitäts-Störung; Aufmerksamkeitsstörung; Hyperaktivität; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Fragebogen; Reading difficulty; Leseschwierigkeit; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Schreibstörung; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Sozialer Einfluss; Ausland; Schweden
Abstract	Objective: The study aims to evaluate psychosocial, societal, and family cost consequences of a psychoeducational intervention program. Methods: Sixty boys with ADHD, Asperger syndrome/high-functioning autism (AS/HFA), and reading and writing disorder (RD/WD) were allocated to participate in a service evaluation project. Every other boy in each diagnostic group was randomly allocated to receive either (a) a special education program (clinical index group) or (b) follow-up without the special education program (clinical comparison group). Nine years after initial assessments the stability of the psychosocial and economic resource consequences over time was studied. Results: ADHD, AS/HFA, and RD/WD all had severe impact on family life quality. The societal costs were high, but no significant differences in resource use or in total costs were found between the clinical index and the comparison groups. Conclusions: The results underscore the very long-term need for support including individually tailored reevaluations and carefully monitored intervention programs adapted to family needs and severity of child disorder. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10