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Yonit Lax1,2,3, Suzette N Brown4, Michael Silver5
1Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Maimonides Children's Hospital, Brooklyn, NY.
Objective:
To examine the association between after-school activity (ASA) participation, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) severity, and school functioning among children with ADHD.
Methods:
A cross-sectional study was conducted using data from the 2016 National Survey of Children's Health on ADHD severity, ASAs and 2 domains of school functioning among children with ADHD: missed days from school and calls home from school.
Results:
Of 4,049 children with ADHD (weighted N = 5,010,662), 71.8% participated in at least 1 ASA. In multivariable regression analyses, ASA participation was associated with lower odds of moderate-to-severe ADHD [adjusted odds ratio (aOR): 0.62, 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.46-0.85] and lower odds of missed school days (aOR 0.55, 95% CI, 0.41-0.74). We did not find significant associations with calls home from school (aOR 0.79, 95% CI, 0.59-1.07).
Conclusion:
After-school activity participation is associated with decreased ADHD severity and reduced school absenteeism. Efforts to optimize ADHD outcomes should consider engaging children and adolescents in ASAs.
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