TY - JOUR
T1 - Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, physical health, and lifestyle in older adults
AU - Semeijn, E.J.
AU - Kooij, J.J.S
AU - Comijs, H.C.
AU - Michielsen, M.
AU - Deeg, D.J.H.
AU - Beekman, A.T.F.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Objectives To increase insight into the effect of attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) on health in general in older adults. Design Two-phase sampling side-study. Setting Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA). Participants Two hundred twenty-three randomly selected LASA respondents. Measurements Information was collected during home visits on physical health, medication use, and lifestyle characteristics in Phase 1 and on ADHD diagnosis in Phase 2. The associations between independant variables and ADHD were examined with linear and logistic regression analyses. Results The adjusted regression estimates of the linear regression analysis showed that the number of ADHD symptoms was positively associated with the presence of chronic nonspecific lung diseases (CNSLD) (B = 2.58, P =.02), cardiovascular diseases (B = 2.18, P =.02), and number of chronic diseases (B = 0.69, P =.04) and negatively associated with self-perceived health (B = -2.83, P =.002). Lifestyle is not a mediator of the association between ADHD and physical health. Conclusion Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in older adults was associated with chronic physical illness and poorer self-perceived health. Contrary to expectations, there were no associations between symptoms of ADHD and lifestyle variables. © 2013, Copyright the Authors Journal compilation © 2013, The American Geriatrics Society.
AB - Objectives To increase insight into the effect of attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) on health in general in older adults. Design Two-phase sampling side-study. Setting Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA). Participants Two hundred twenty-three randomly selected LASA respondents. Measurements Information was collected during home visits on physical health, medication use, and lifestyle characteristics in Phase 1 and on ADHD diagnosis in Phase 2. The associations between independant variables and ADHD were examined with linear and logistic regression analyses. Results The adjusted regression estimates of the linear regression analysis showed that the number of ADHD symptoms was positively associated with the presence of chronic nonspecific lung diseases (CNSLD) (B = 2.58, P =.02), cardiovascular diseases (B = 2.18, P =.02), and number of chronic diseases (B = 0.69, P =.04) and negatively associated with self-perceived health (B = -2.83, P =.002). Lifestyle is not a mediator of the association between ADHD and physical health. Conclusion Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in older adults was associated with chronic physical illness and poorer self-perceived health. Contrary to expectations, there were no associations between symptoms of ADHD and lifestyle variables. © 2013, Copyright the Authors Journal compilation © 2013, The American Geriatrics Society.
U2 - 10.1111/jgs.12261
DO - 10.1111/jgs.12261
M3 - Article
SN - 0002-8614
VL - 61
SP - 882
EP - 887
JO - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
JF - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
IS - 6
ER -
