Adherence to clinical practice guideline for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder treatment among children and adolescents

Chaochao Wen; Guodong Ding; Angela Vinturache; Yongjun Zhang

doi:10.1038/s41390-025-04197-5

Adherence to clinical practice guideline for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder treatment among children and adolescents

Pediatr Res. 2025 Jun 7. doi: 10.1038/s41390-025-04197-5. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Chaochao Wen^#¹, Guodong Ding^#¹, Angela Vinturache², Yongjun Zhang³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
² Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. zhangyongjun@sjtu.edu.cn.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 40483371
DOI: 10.1038/s41390-025-04197-5

Abstract

From 2016 to 2022, 51.5% of children aged 4-5 years and 74.5% of children and adolescents aged 6-17 years received treatment in line with pediatric ADHD clinical practice guidelines, although adherence declined over time.