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Table 2 Contact with clinical services by predisposing, enabling and need factors at baseline (n = 89)

From: Clinical service use as people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder transition into adolescence and adulthood: a prospective longitudinal study

Variable

In contact with clinical services

Sign. Test

Yes

No

Predisposing

Mean (S.D.) or n (%) as appropriate

 

 YP age

16.96 (2.17)

18.55 (2.49)

df = 84, t = 3.17 (p = 0.002)

Enabling

   

 PR - Education

   

  Low

28 (55)

23 (45)

df = 1, χ2 = 0.02 (p = 0.88)

  High

17 (57)

13 (43)

 

Need

   

 YP met diagnostic threshold for ADHD (parent report)

32 (38)

21 (40)

df = 1, χ2 = 1.83 (p = 0.0.18)

 YP not meet diagnostic threshold for ADHD (parent report)

14 (45)

17 (55)

 

 YP ADHD Impairments (parent report)

5.07 (2.74)

3.84 (2.64)

df = 81, t = -2.06 (p = 0.04)

 YP Psychiatric comorbidity (CISR)

8.70 (6.73)

6.54 (5.86)

df = 82, t = -1.55 (p = 0.13)

 PR Caregiver burden

19.34 (10.39)

16.19 (7.88)

df = 79, t = -1.51 (p = 0.09)