Table 8.

Findings from the realist evaluation summarized into important factors.

Important factors in interventions for ADHDers
Context	Societal	Access to diagnosis and support, socioeconomic status, national and international policy and guidelines
	Settings	Applicable to a range including: Medical/educational/workplace
	Interpersonal	Involving others in the intervention, promoting successful clinician-patient/coach-coachee relationships
	Individual	Address co-occurrence
Intervention	Pharmacological	Blinded experimenter and both control and treatment group
	Psychosocial	Autonomy in topics/skills to address, clear methodology and detail of what the intervention involved
	Group/individual	Benefits of the group on shared experiences and meaningfulness
	Combination	Need more studies involving a combination of pharmacological and psychosocial interventions.
Mechanisms	Pharmacological Psychological	Brain chemistry Cognition and psychoeducation
Outcomes	Core symptoms	Measured by the clinician, should include participant response and family/workplace ratings
	Beyond core symptoms	Measure outcomes from all aspects of life and symptomatology e.g., life functioning, emotion, and anxiety.
	Long-term vs. short-term	Long-term effectiveness is imperative

Bold is for future considerations for research.