NICHQ Vanderbilt Assessment Scale for ADHD, Parent Follow-up

Description

The NICHQ (National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality) and American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) have sponsored a set of tools for evaluating children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) developed at Vanderbilt University. The follow-up scale monitors the core 18 symptoms for ADHD, child performance and adverse effects of medications based on the observations of the parent. This can be monitored over time to determine the child's need and response to interventions.

Parameters:

(1) symptoms (18)

(2) performance (8)

(3) adverse effects (12)

Symptom Responses	Points
never	0
occasionally	1
often	2
very often	3

Performance Responses	Points
excellent	1
above average	2
average	3
somewhat of a problem	4
problematic	5

Adverse Effects	Points
none	0
mild	1
moderate	2
severe	3

total symptom score for questions 1 to 18 =

= SUM(points for symptoms questions 1 to 18)

average performance score

= SUM(points for all 8 performance questions) / 8

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Specialty

ICD-10