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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW article

Front. Digit. Health
Sec. Health Informatics
Volume 6 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fdgth.2024.1440701

Digital assessments for children and adolescents with ADHD: A scoping review

Provisionally accepted
Franceli L. Cibrian Franceli L. Cibrian 1*Elissa Monteiro Elissa Monteiro 2Kimberley D. Lakes Kimberley D. Lakes 2
  • 1 Chapman University, Orange, United States
  • 2 University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California, United States

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    In spite of rapid advances in evidence-based treatments for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), community access to rigorous gold-standard diagnostic assessments has lagged far behind due to barriers such as the costs and limited availability of comprehensive diagnostic evaluations. Digital assessment of attention and behavior has the potential to lead to scalable approaches that could be used to screen large numbers of children and/or increase access to high-quality, scalable diagnostic evaluations, especially if designed using user-centered participatory and ability-based frameworks. Current research on assessment has begun to take a user-centered approach by actively involving participants to ensure the development of assessments that meet the needs of users (e.g., clinicians, teachers, patients). The objective of this mapping review was to identify and categorize digital mental health assessments designed to aid in the initial diagnosis of ADHD as well as ongoing monitoring of symptoms following diagnosis. Results suggested that the assessment tools currently described in the literature target both cognition and motor behaviors. These assessments were conducted using a variety of technological platforms, including telemedicine, wearables/sensors, the web, virtual reality, serious games, robots, and computer applications/software. Although it is evident that there is growing interest in the design of digital assessment tools, research involving tools with the potential for widespread deployment is still in the early stages of development. As these and other tools are developed and evaluated, it is critical that researchers engage patients and key stakeholders early in the design process.Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most widespread psychiatric condition among children, affecting approximately 11.4% of children aged 3 -17 years old in the United States

    Keywords: ADHD, assessment, Digital Health, computer, Technology, Attention, Behavior, hyperactivity

    Received: 29 May 2024; Accepted: 06 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Cibrian, Monteiro and Lakes. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Franceli L. Cibrian, Chapman University, Orange, United States

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