ADHD statistics that people should know about
Below you can find some interesting ADHD Statistics, For those of you who love numbers :
- 70% of the people diagnosed with ADHD are males.
- Boys are more likely to be reported for presumed ADHD by schools.
- 60% of the unreported ADHD cases are likely to be girls.
- 50% of ADHD afflicted children suffer from comprehension and listening problems.
- 32% of ADHD afflicted children have under developed language skills and poor motor co-ordination.
- 35% of children with ADHD have poor organizational skills.
- 50% of children with ADHD also suffer from sleep disorders
- 40% of ADD afflicted children have at least one parent with ADHD
- The maturity levels of children with ADHD is 30% lesser than normal children
- The numbers of unreported, misdiagnosed and undiagnosed ADHD patients are almost the same as the diagnosed numbers.
- 60% of children with ADHD will carry struggle with their affliction without adequate coping mechanisms, well into adulthood.
- 65% of ADHD children have disciplinary issues.
- 70% of the children with ADHD display hyperactive symptoms.
- 30% of ADHD hyperactive children are also likely to display frequent bouts of aggression.
- 70% of the adults with ADHD display inattentiveness symptoms.
- Adolescents display an even split on numbers (50%) between inattentiveness and hyper activeness symptoms.
- On a rough estimate, each classroom can have up to 10% of children with ADHD (diagnosed and unreported together).
- Teenagers afflicted with ADHD are four times more likely to commit traffic offences; they are also four time more likely to be involved in accidents.
- 35% of teenagers discontinue their studies.
- 60% of the people think that ADHD is a parenting issue; they hold the parents responsible for ADD problems with children.
- 20% of the parents think that they are responsible for ADHD in their children.
- Adults with ADHD are 40% less productive than normal people.
- 15% of adults with ADHD change their jobs frequently.
- Adults with ADHD are more likely to face marital problems.
- Divorce rates jump up by20% for ADHD afflicted adults, if they also have a child with ADHD.
- 80% of ADHD afflicted people try to conceal their affliction.
- 15% of ADHD afflicted people have developed special abilities in their field of interest because they were successful in channelizing their efforts into selective skills, rather than trying to match normal people.
- The number of reported ADHD cases is likely to double in the next six years; it is estimated that the numbers will double every fourth year, from the sixth year onwards.
These ADHD statistics are common knowledge.
How does the ADHD quiz help in determining the disease?
ADHD quiz is a set of questions that are directed to gather specific information from patients who are afflicted with the disease. Since this disease cannot be diagnosed by medical tests, observational interpretations from experts are needed to determine its existence. Observation, interpretations and information gathering are aspects that are subjective and can be easily influenced by the person who is conducting this exercise. Here is a high possibility of this subjective analysis to be wrong, which in turn can lead to non-diagnosis or wrong diagnosis of the disease. ADHD quiz is a single platform that can be used by all physicians and this brings some level of objectivity to the information gathering process and also the diagnosing process. It can also help in the analysis of the information that is available and can minimize the influence of the experts who are gathering the information. The ADH quiz can also bring uniformity of the diagnosing process as all doctors are needed to base their diagnosis only with the help of this quiz. The other advantage with the ADHD quiz is the systematic determination of ADHD symptoms in each patient. ADHD disease is displayed through a large set of symptoms in patients. The problem with these symptoms is that they are very common and can be easily misunderstood as symptoms for other ailments. Also, the symptoms are large in number and there is possibility of the doctors missing out on a few of them. To complicate the issue, not all symptoms appear in all the individuals afflicted with ADHD; they appear in smaller groups of various combinations in individuals. ADD quiz has specific queries about each of these symptoms and can give out the exact set of symptoms for each individual. This exact determination can also indicate the extent of the disease in each individual, which otherwise would be very difficult to establish. Treatment for ADHD disease is also individualized; each patient has a different set of symptoms and requirements and the treatment needs to match the requirements and address the existing symptoms. ADHD quiz can give this information to the doctors, who in turn can chart out their treatment plan and duration of treatment for each individual. Treatment procedure for ADHD disease also involves psychological, physical and biological aspects of the patients and all of this information can only be provided through the information gathered via ADHD quiz.
What does ADHD testing accomplish?
ADHD disease is a fairly new discovery in the medical field; the disease has existed from time immemorial but its scientific discovery and awareness is a new development in the medical world. ADHD is also a psychological disease and there are no effective medical tests that can determine its existence in individuals. Doctors will have to rely on observational interpretations and symptomatic analysis to determine its presence. Also, ADHD is present in varying levels in individuals and it becomes difficult for Doctors to determine the exact status for each individual. Apart from all of these factors, there is a more serious complication with the symptoms of this disease; they are many in numbers and are also not uniform in their presence in all ADH patients. The symptoms are also nonspecific in nature and can be easily misconstrued as symptoms for other ailments. All the above mentioned factors complicate the diagnosis, determination of the level of DHD and also the treatment procedure that is needed for effective control of the disease. There is a great need for all these factors to be informational assessed and analyzed in a single and unbiased medium. ADHD testing proves to be an effective medium to determine these factors.
AHD testing is based on a questionnaire model that can not only gather all the relevant information from the patients; it also helps in the analysis of the information provided by the patients in their answers. ADHD testing is done by qualified professional who fill the questionnaire on their own. This can help in minimizing errors and can also help in achieving desirable levels of accuracy of results. ADHD testing also includes the expert observation and interpretation of the doctors, which can help in determining the extent of ADHD disease in the patients. ADHD testing also is the tool used by Doctors to chart the treatment for individual patients. Since the treatment is personalized, the DHD testing provides the exact requirements of each individual, which can be used by the Doctors to create the treatment plan. ADHD is also a disease that cannot be completely cured; it can only be controlled. So, it is important to determine the duration of the treatment and ADHD testing helps in accomplishing it. ADD testing also helps in bringing some level of uniformity in the diagnosis, information gathering procedure and treatment schedules for this relatively new disease. It also helps experts to gather all relevant information for further research and improvement in the knowledge and treatment procedures for this disease.
