Baggio, Stéphanie; Efthimiou, Orestis (2024). Meta-analysis of the prevalence of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in prison: A comment on Fazel and Favril (2024) and reanalysis of the data. Criminal behaviour and mental health, 34(4), pp. 385-390. Wiley 10.1002/cbm.2347
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BACKGROUND
Fazel and Favril presented a reanalysis of our previously published systematic review and meta-analysis on the prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in prison.
AIMS
The current paper addresses some of the criticisms of Fazel and Favril on our meta-analysis and presents a reanalysis of the data, focusing on adult detained persons.
METHODS
We conducted a meta-regression on 28 studies (n = 7710) to estimae the pooled prevalence of ADHD.
RESULTS
This reanalysis yielded a pooled estimate of 22.2% for the prevalence of ADHD (95% confidence interval [CI]: 15.7; 28.6), which disagrees with the estimate given by Fazel and Favril (8.3%, 95% CI: 3.8; 12.8).
CONCLUSION
We argue that the ADHD prevalence provided by Fazel and Favril was an underestimate due to their use of too restrictive exclusion criteria and suboptimal analysis methods. Our reanalysis on detained adults suggests a higher ADHD prevalence, which highlights the need to diagnose and treat ADHD in prison.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Further Contribution) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Medical Education > Institute of General Practice and Primary Care (BIHAM) 04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Baggio, Stéphanie, Efthimiou, Orestis |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services |
ISSN: |
1471-2857 |
Publisher: |
Wiley |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
19 Jun 2024 11:20 |
Last Modified: |
06 Aug 2024 13:19 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1002/cbm.2347 |
PubMed ID: |
38873856 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder detention meta-analysis prevalence psychiatric disorder |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/197839 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/197839 |
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