Knowledge, challenges, and standard of care of young women with ADHD at Swedish youth clinics

Thorsell, M (通讯作者),Danderyd Hosp, Karolinska Inst, Dept Clin Sci, Stockholm, Sweden.
2022-6
Objectives: Sexual risk-taking and its consequences for young women with ADHD(attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) including sexually transmitted diseases, teenage pregnancies and underage parenthood constitute substantial challenges for individuals and midwives. The aim was to investigate current knowledge and specific challenges in reproductive health and contraceptive counselling for women with ADHD at Swedish youth clinics. Method: Inductive qualitative interview study of ten midwives at six youth health clinics in Stockholm and Uppsala County. We used a semi-structured interview guide. The interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed with the NVivo 12 qualitative data analysis software. Results: Three main categories were identified: (1) challenges in provision of care of young women with ADHD, (2) standard of care and active adaptations towards women with ADHD and (3) organizational readiness for change;. Several challenges and frustrations, such as difficulties with attention with or without concomitant impulsivity and overactivity, in provision of reproductive health and contraceptive counselling for young women with ADHD were identified. Midwives reported high organizational readiness for improvement of standard of care. Conclusions: Inadequate contraceptive counseling or lack of knowledge on specific challenges in the sexual and reproductive health of young women with ADHD may contribute to this group failing to access, inadequately respond to, or act upon counseling at youth clinics. Support for midwives with evidence-based interventions specifically developed for these women are imperative. Development of such tools should be a priority for research.
SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE
卷号:32
ISSN:1877-5756|收录类别:SSCI
语种
英语
来源机构
Danderyds Hospital; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Linkoping University; Danderyds Hospital; Uppsala University
被引频次(WOS)
0
被引频次(其他)
0
180天使用计数
0
2013以来使用计数
1
EISSN
1877-5764
出版年
2022-6
DOI
10.1016/j.srhc.2022.100727
WOS学科分类
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
学科领域
循证公共卫生
关键词
Targeted interventions Contraception Young women ADHD Youth clinics