Adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) present higher rates of functional impairment in several areas of daily life which must be investigated during clinical evaluation. Nevertheless, until recently there were no instruments available to measure the impact of ADHD in adult patient’s quality of life. The Adult ADHD Quality of Life Questionnaire (AAQoL) was developed based on literature reports of the burden of ADHD and its outcomes as well as experts’ reports in order to quantify quality of life levels. The instrument consists of four different domains: life productivity, psychological healthy, relationships and life outlook. The present paper will discuss the usefulness of a questionnaire specially developed to measure adult ADHD quality of life and also portray the project of semantic validation; construct validity and reliability of the instrument under progress.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; adults; quality of life; AAQoL