Johnston County ADHD Study: Environmental, Reporductive, and Familial Risk Factors for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)



Status:Completed
Conditions:Neurology, Psychiatric
Therapuetic Areas:Neurology, Psychiatry / Psychology
Healthy:No
Age Range:8 - Any
Updated:4/21/2016
Start Date:May 1997
End Date:May 2007

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Johnston County ADHD Study: Environmental, Reproductive and Familial Risk Factors for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

We propose a population-based case-control study among 7000 elementary school children in
semi-rural Johnston County, NC. Teachers will complete a screening form on each child.
Controls will be randomly selected. Mothers of potential cases and controls will be
interviewed by telephone about their child's symptoms of ADHD and exposure history, their
family history of ADHD, and their reproductive and exposure history. Children's shed baby
teeth will be analyzed for lead. Mothers will complete brief parenting scales and the Child
Behavior Checklist. School records will be collected. The study goals are to identify risk
factors for ADHD including preterm delivery and childhood lead exposure.

We propose a population-based case-control study among 7000 elementary school children in
semi-rural Johnston County, NC. Teachers will complete a screening form on each child.
Controls will be randomly selected. Mothers of potential cases and controls will be
interviewed by telephone about their child's symptoms of ADHD and exposure history, their
family history of ADHD, and their reproductive and exposure history. Children's shed baby
teeth will be analyzed for lead. Mothers will complete brief parenting scales and the Child
Behavior Checklist. School records will be collected. The study goals are to identify risk
factors for ADHD including preterm delivery and childhood lead exposure.

- INCLUSION CRITERIA:

During the first phase of the study, all children will be screened by the homeroom
teacher, EXCEPT for those students in certain self-contained classrooms. Self-contained
classrooms for students with an IQ less than 70 or autism will be omitted from the
screening. In the second phase of the study, children designated as "LEP", or Low English
Proficiency, will be excluded from the study.
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