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Introduction:
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) remains underidentified among racial/ethnic minoritized populations. We examined whether parent reported screening questionnaires for attention problems in primary care mitigated these ADHD diagnostic inequities and identified contributing sociodemographic and clinical factors.
Methods:
We conducted a cross-sectional electronic medical record (EMR) study in an urban, hospital-based primary care pediatric clinic of school age children (N=2212) with a completed Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC-17). We examined differences between children with vs. without ADHD diagnoses, adjusting for positive PSC-17 attention score.
Results:
Adjusting for positive PSC attention score, children had higher odds of an ADHD diagnosis if they were English-speaking and had a documented Vanderbilt ADHD Diagnostic Rating Scale in their medical record.
Conclusion:
Multilingual, parent-report screening for attention problems in pediatric primary care does not mitigate linguistic inequities in ADHD diagnosis.
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