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The purpose of this Future Research Needs project is to work with a diverse group of stakeholders to: (1) identify the persisting evidence gaps that impede decisionmaking for clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and consumers, and (2) prioritize the stakeholders’ research needs related to the prevalence, diagnosis, and treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children and adults.

Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Contributors
• Executive Summary
• Background
  • Context
  • Importance of Disease
  • Findings of the Draft Comparative Effectiveness Review
  • Objective
  • Evidence Gaps
• Methods
  • Identification of Evidence Gaps
  • Criteria for Prioritization
• Results
  • Research Needs
• Discussion
• Conclusions
• References
• Abbreviations
• Appendixes
  • Appendix A Research Gaps Identified From the Draft Comparative Effectiveness Review
  • Appendix B Web-Based Prioritization Exercises
  • Appendix C Effective Health Care (EHC) Program Modified Selection Criteria
  • Appendix D ADHD (Future Research Needs) Searches for Ongoing Research
  • Appendix E Future Research Needs—ADHD Evidence Gaps Prioritization Exercise
  • Appendix F Future Research Needs—ADHD Research Needs

Addendum, March 15, 2012: This report was posted for public comment from January 18, 2012 to February 14, 2012. Minor revisions were made in the Discussion chapter to emphasize the importance of generalizability and the potential effect of socioeconomic status to modify the effectiveness of treatments on outcome and note that the draft comparative effectiveness review was the basis for this future research needs report.

Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services¹Contract No. 290-2007-10056-I. Prepared by: RTI-UNC Evidence-based Practice Center, Research Triangle Park, NC

Suggested citation:

Gaynes B, Christian R, Saavedra L, Wines R, Jonas D, Viswanathan M, Ellis A, Woodell C, Carey T. Future Research Needs for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Effectiveness of Treatment in At-Risk Preschoolers; Long-Term Effectiveness in All Ages; and Variability in Prevalence, Diagnosis, and Treatment. Future Research Needs Paper No. 9. (Prepared by RTI-UNC Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-2007-10056-I.) AHRQ Publication No. 12-EHC008-EF. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. January 2012. www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/reports/final.cfm

This report is based on research conducted by the RTI-UNC Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) under contract to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD (Contract No. 290-2007-10056-I). The findings and conclusions in this document are those of the author(s), who are responsible for its contents; the findings and conclusions do not necessarily represent the views of AHRQ. Therefore, no statement in this report should be construed as an official position of AHRQ or of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The information in this report is intended to help health care researchers and funders of research make well-informed decisions in designing and funding research and thereby improve the quality of health care services. This report is not intended to be a substitute for the application of scientific judgment. Anyone who makes decisions concerning the provision of clinical care should consider this report in the same way as any medical research and in conjunction with all other pertinent information, i.e., in the context of available resources and circumstances.

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