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Muecke, Kristina, Plueck, Julia, Steinhauser, Susanne, Hellmich, Martin, Scholz, Kristin, Sonneck, Astrid, Winkler, Lisa and Doepfner, Manfred . Guideline adherence in German routine care of children and adolescents with ADHD: an observational study. Eur. Child Adolesc. Psych.. NEW YORK: SPRINGER. ISSN 1435-165X

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Abstract

Although guidelines for the assessment and treatment of mental disorders in childhood and adolescence have been available in Germany for several years, there are barely any data on adherence to guidelines in national routine care. Therefore, the study aimed at a nationwide evaluation of guideline adherence (GA) for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in German routine care in various groups of health care providers (HCPs). Besides a detailed description of GA, the study focused on examining possible differences between professional groups. Furthermore, data based on global self-reports of clinicians were compared with ratings of documented care in individual patients. Protocols of 73 clinicians regarding their handling of ADHD in routine care for 167 patients were rated according to German guideline recommendations for ADHD care. GA was measured as the proportion of components fulfilled in each individual patient as documented by the HCP. The results were compared to a preceding interview with clinicians regarding their GA. Multilevel models were constructed to detect differences in GA between professional groups. Based on mandatory guideline components, adherence rates of 38.9-72.7% were found and classified as moderate (33.3% < GA <= 66.6%) to high (GA > 66.6%). The comparison of the GA between the professional groups generally yielded only small differences. Correlations between GA reported globally by the HCPs and GA documented and rated for individual cases were low. Overall, most rates of GA for ADHD in German routine care lay within a moderate range. Targets for enhancement of GA may be the involvement of teachers and schools in the treatment process, the implementation of psychoeducational methods in general, as well as a careful examination of patients, including monitoring of treatment effects during titration trials. The development of further strategies to monitor the quality of ADHD routine care is needed.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Muecke, Kristina UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Plueck, Julia UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Steinhauser, Susanne UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hellmich, Martin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Scholz, Kristin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Sonneck, Astrid UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Winkler, Lisa UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Doepfner, Manfred UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-332680
DOI:	10.1007/s00787-020-01559-8
Journal or Publication Title:	Eur. Child Adolesc. Psych.
Publisher:	SPRINGER
Place of Publication:	NEW YORK
ISSN:	1435-165X
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER; MEDICATIONS; MANAGEMENT Multiple languages Psychology, Developmental; Pediatrics; Psychiatry Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/33268