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

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Study type: Observational

Funder types: NIH

Identifiers

NCT00339729

OH97-E-N029

999997029

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

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.

Sex: All

Ages: 8+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

• 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.