The estimated prevalence of ADHD in college students, based on surveys taken by about 16,000 college freshmen worldwide, is substantially higher than what has been reported in previous studies.
did vary cross-nationally in the study, ranging from about 10 percent of total survey respondents in Germany to about 28 percent of total respondents in Australia. The authors also found that prevalence rates were lower in European sites and highest in English-speaking countries.
Total ADHD prevalence in this group, however, appears substantially higher than suggested by previously reported literature about college students, according to the authors. Prevalence of ADHD was also similar in both males and females , which the authors attribute in part to improved symptom awareness in females.
The WHO study’s comorbidity rates are consistent with existing literature on college and community data. The authors divided survey data on the disorders into “profiles” for analysis, and found that:About 60 percent of individuals with bipolar disorder also had ADHDOne objective of the study was to examine the association between ADHD and impairment in college students. Findings show that ADHD, comorbidities, and the multivariate disorder classes all independently predict severe impairment.
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