Table 2.
Child, school, and family variables for community and treatment populations in Puerto Rico ages 4–17 years by ADHD diagnosis of child
| Community (N=1,897) | Treatment (N=763) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADHD | Non-ADHD | Total | ADHD | Non-ADHD | Total | |
| Child (caretaker’s report) | ||||||
| Treatment prematurity | 15.1 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 13.2 | 8.7 | 9.8 |
| Speech/language problems | 17.9 | 7.2 | 8.0 | 33.0 | 15.4 | 20.0 |
| Child’s health problems | 31.7 | 20.6 | 21.4 | 35.7 | 26.0 | 28.5 |
| Sleep problems (last year) | 29.9 | 8.4 | 10.1 | 43.8 | 21.8 | 27.5 |
| Number of disordersa | 0.9b | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.5b | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| School (caretaker’s report) | ||||||
| Special education/counseling | 37.7 | 10.9 | 12.9 | 75.7 | 47.0 | 54.5 |
| Grade failure | 21.2 | 16.2 | 16.5 | 39.0 | 43.1 | 42.0 |
| School suspension/expulsion | 15.7 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 35.1 | 25.8 | 28.2 |
| Family (caretaker’s report) | ||||||
| Caretaker’s childhood I or HI | 35.9 | 10.3 | 12.2 | 35.5 | 18.7 | 23.1 |
| Caretaker depression | 59.5 | 26.5 | 29.0 | 58.4 | 47.7 | 50.5 |
| Caretaker expulsion/arrested | 22.3 | 9.6 | 10.6 | 29.6 | 16.1 | 19.7 |
| Family Burden Scalea | 11.3 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 12.5 | 10.2 | 10.8 |
| Parent-Child Attachment Scalea | 30.8 | 35.5 | 35.2 | 29.1 | 32.5 | 31.6 |
| Negative Discipline Scalea | 7.2 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 7.1 | 6.0 | 6.3 |
| Social Support Scalea | 7.6 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 7.6 |
| Family (youth’s age 9–17 report) | ||||||
| Negative Discipline Scalea | 5.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| Parent-Child Involvement Scalea | 24.8 | 26.7 | 26.6 | 25.7 | 25.3 | 25.4 |
All data except sample size are reported as weighted estimates of population percentages or means. ADHD attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, I inattention, HI hyperactivity–impulsivity
a
Continuous variable (means); unfootnoted variables are binary (percentages).
b
For the ADHD group, the mean is for comorbid disorders