The key role of daytime sleepiness in cognitive functioning of adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Bartosz HelferNatali BozhilovaRuth E CooperJoanna I DouzenisStefanos MaltezosPhilip Asherson

Published in: European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists (2020)

These findings indicate that the cognitive performance deficits routinely attributed to ADHD and often conceptualized as cognitive endophenotypes of ADHD are largely due to on-task sleepiness and not exclusively due to ADHD symptom severity. Daytime sleepiness plays a major role in cognitive functioning of adults with ADHD.

Keyphrases

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
obstructive sleep apnea
sleep quality
autism spectrum disorder
working memory
positive airway pressure
sleep apnea
traumatic brain injury
depressive symptoms