The Assessment of Hyperactivity and Attention: Development and preliminary validation of a brief self-assessment of adult ADHD
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A brief self-rating scale, the Assessment of Hyperactivity and Attention (AHA), was developed and validated using a "gold standard" DSM-based semi-structured interview. The sample consisted of 101 smokers (74% male, 73% Caucasian)-38.6% with no DSM-IV ADHD diagnosis, 10.9% with a childhood diagnosis only, and 50.5% with an adult diagnosis (requiring childhood diagnosis as well). The mean age SD was 33.7 9.7; participants smoked a mean of 19.0 5.6 cigarettes/day. Results indicate that the AHA has utility as a screening tool and as a self-report assessment of ADHD with sensitivity of .80, specificity of .60, positive predictive power of .67, negative predictive power of .75, kappa of .40, odds ratio of 6.15, and an area under the curve (receiver operating characteristic analysis) of .79. Given the high rate of ADHD among smokers, the AHA may be useful in identifying smokers who may need more in-depth clinical evaluation for attentional problems.
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The AHA is an 18-item questionnaire based on DSM-IV criteria and was used to measure severity of both childhood and adult symptoms of ADHD.
“The AHA [37], an 18-item questionnaire, is based on DSM-IV criteria and was used to measure severity of both childhood and adult symptoms of ADHD.”
From The brain anatomy of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in young adults—a magnetic resonance imaging study (2017) · cites this paper as [37]
Severity of ADHD symptoms was evaluated using the Assessment of Hyperactivity and Attention (AHA), a quantitative measure of ADHD symptomatology.
“Severity of ADHD symptoms was evaluated using the Assessment of Hyperactivity and Attention (AHA), which is a quantitative measure of ADHD symptomatology [37].”
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- Authors
- Mehringer, A. M., Downey, K. K., Schuh, L. M., Pomerleau, C. S., Snedecor, S. M., & Schubiner, H.
- Affiliations
- University of Michigan (US)
- Eastern Michigan University (US)
- Eli Lilly (United States) (US)
- Wayne State University (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Attention Disorders
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2001-11
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 223-231
- ISSN
- 1087-0547 (ISSN-L)
- 1557-1246
- OpenAlex
- W2041497718
- Cited by
- 40
- References
- 46
- Citations by year
- 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2017: 3 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 0.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Attention Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- American Heart Association
- National Institutes of Health (1r01da010271-01)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA 10271)
- National Cancer Institute (CA75581, P01CA075581)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Historical and Modern Theater Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- adult ADHD, hyperactivity, attention, self-report scale, screening tool, diagnostic accuracy, smokers, attention deficits, scale validation
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Female, Humans, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, ROC Curve, Self-Assessment, Sensitivity and Specificity, Reproducibility of Results
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