Problem: Rare diseases are any disease affecting fewer than five people in 10,000. More than 8000 rare diseases and 50-75% of all rare diseases affect children. The purpose of this review was to critically appraise and synthesize existing literature relating to the impact of rare diseases on children's day-to-day lives.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Systematic review and meta-analysis to estimate the pooled prevalence of ADHD in adult attendees of outpatient mental health clinics and to investigate factors influencing prevalence rates.
Methods: The following were extracted: demographics, design of the study (screening only or two-phase), scales/criteria for diagnosis of ADHD, number of ADHD, and non-ADHD participants.
Results: The pooled prevalence of ADHD from screening studies ( = 9) was 26.