Research Article
Applying an ESSENCE Framework to Understanding Adult Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD: Retrospective Parent Reports of Childhood Problems
Table 1
Participant characteristics for each patient group.
| | Patient characteristics | ADHD () | ASD () | ADHD+ASD () | Other psychiatric disorders () |
| | Gender—male | 63 (48.5) | 30 (52.6) | 22 (57.9) | 24 (42.9) | | Mean age (SD) | 30.2 (10.2) | 29.8 (9.8) | 29.7 (9.5) | 32.9 (9.1) | | Single marital status | 99 (79.8) | 51 (94.4) | 27 (75.0) | 37 (75.5) | | Work full-time | 21 (17.8) | 5 (9.8) | 3 (9.1) | 11 (23.9) | | Meet friends less than monthly | 12 (10.9) | 27 (54.0) | 12 (37.5) | 10 (23.8) | | Current symptoms and functioning | | | | | | WRAADDS | 78.79 (23.74) | 46.88 (19.52) | 72.84 (24.81) | 48.53 (22.04) | | ASDI | 25.32 (5.09) | 37.75 (6.73) | 33.05 (7.53) | 25.05 (4.24) | | GAF | 55.53 (10.97) | 45.42 (10.87) | 47.44 (10.97) | 54.27 (12.62) |
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Characteristic results = (%); current symptoms and functioning = mean (SD).
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