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. 2018 Mar 23;2018(3):CD010840. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010840.pub2

3. Primary outcomes: scales used.

Outcomes Studies and instruments
ADHD symptom severity

  1. Emilsson 2011: Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorder and Schizophrenia (SADS) ‐ Present and Lifetime Version (K‐SADS‐PL) (Kaufman 1996)/Barkley ADHD Current Symptoms Scale (BCS‐Total Score) (Barkley 1998b)/R&R2 ADHD Training Evaluation Self‐Report Scale (RATE‐S) (Young 2007b)

  2. Fleming 2015: Brown Attention Deficit Disorder Scale – Adult Version (BADDS) (Brown 1996)

  3. Gu 2017: Conners' Adult ADHD Rating Scale ‐ Self‐Reported (CAARS‐S) (Conners 1999c)

  4. Hepark 2015: Conners' Adult ADHD Rating Scale ‐ Investigator Rated (CAARS‐INV) (Conners 1999c)/Conners' Adult ADHD Rating Scale ‐ Self‐Reported (CAARS‐S) (Conners 1999c)

  5. Hirvikoski 2011: current ADHD Symptoms Scale (self‐report form) (Barkley 1998a)

  6. Pettersson 2017: current ADHD Symptoms Scale (self‐report) (Barkley 2006b)

  7. Safren 2005: current ADHD Symptoms Scale (self‐report and clinician rating versions) (Barkley 1998a)

  8. Safren 2010: ADHD Rating Scale (DuPaul 1998)/current ADHD Symptoms Scale (self‐report) (Barkley 2006b)

  9. Schoenberg 2014: Conners' Adult ADHD Rating Scale ‐ Self‐Reported: Screening Version (CAARS: SV) (Conners 2008)

  10. Solanto 2010: Conners Adult ADHD Rating Scales – Observer: Long Version, inattention/memory subscale (T‐score) (Conners 1999b; Erhardt 1999)/Brown Attention‐Deficit Disorder Scale, total score (T‐score) (Brown 1996)

  11. Stevenson 2002: DSM‐III‐R ADHD Checklist (DSM‐III‐R 1989; Gittelman 1985)

  12. Vidal Estrada 2013: ADHD Rating Scale (ADHD‐RS) (DuPaul 1990)

  13. Virta 2010: Brown Attention Deficit Disorder Scale – Adult Version (BADDS) (Brown 1996)/WHO Adult ADHD Self‐Report Scale (ASRS) (Kessler 2005)
Inattention

  1. Emilsson 2011: Barkley ADHD Current Symptoms Scale (BCS‐Inattention) (Barkley 1998b)

  2. Fleming 2015: Barkley Adult ADHD Rating Scale ‐ Fourth Edition (BAARS‐IV) (Barkley 2011)

  3. Hepark 2015: Conners' Adult ADHD Rating Scales ‐ Investigator Rated (CAARS‐INV) (Conners 1999c)/Conners' Adult ADHD Rating Scale ‐ Self‐Reported (CAARS‐S) (Conners 1999c)

  4. Moëll 2015: the WHO Adult ADHD Self‐Report Scale (ASRS) (Kessler 2005)

  5. Schoenberg 2014: Conners' Adult ADHD Rating Scale ‐ Self‐Reported: Screening Version (CAARS‐S: SV) (Conners 2008)

  6. Solanto 2010: Adult ADHD Investigator Symptom Rating Scale Inattention subscale (AISRS) (Adler 2003)
Hyperactivity

  1. Moëll 2015: the WHO Adult ADHD Self‐Report Scale (ASRS) (Kessler 2005)

  2. Vidal Estrada 2013: Conners' Adult ADHD Rating Scale ‐ Self‐Report (CAARS‐S) (Amador‐Campos 2014)
Impulsivity

  1. Vidal Estrada 2013: Conners' Adult ADHD Rating Scale ‐ Self‐Report (CAARS‐S) (Amador‐Campos 2014)
Hyperactivity‐impulsivity

  1. Emilsson 2011: Barkley ADHD Current Symptoms Scale (BCS‐Hyperactivity/Impulsivity) (Barkley 1998b)

  2. Hepark 2015: Conners' Adult ADHD Rating Scale ‐ Investigator Rated (CAARS‐INV) (Conners 1999c)/Conners' Adult ADHD Rating Scale ‐ Self‐Reported (CAARS‐S) (Conners 1999c)

  3. Schoenberg 2014: Conners' Adult ADHD Rating Scale ‐ Self‐Report: Screening Version (CAARS‐S: SV) (Conners 2008)
Clinical Global Impression

  1. Emilsson 2011: Clinical Global Impression Scale ‐ NIMH (CGI) (NIMH 1985)

  2. Safren 2005: Clinical Global Impression Scale ‐ NIMH (CGI) (NIMH 1985)

  3. Safren 2010: Clinical Global Impression Scale ‐ NIMH (CGI) (NIMH 1985)

  4. Vidal Estrada 2013: Clinical Global Impression Scale ‐ NIMH (CGI) (NIMH 1985)

  5. Virta 2010: Clinical Global Impression Scale ‐ NIMH (CGI) (Guy 1976)

ADHD: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; DSM‐III‐R: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ‐ Third Edition ‐ Revised; NIMH: National Institutes of Mental Health.