Author, as appears in the article.: Kaur, S; Canals, J; Morales-Hidalgo, P; Arija, V
Department: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques Psicologia
URV's Author/s: Canals Sans, Josefa / Kaur, Sharanpreet
Abstract: Up to 9.5% of the world’s population is diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), making it one of the most common childhood disorders. Air pollutants could be considered an environmental risk condition for ADHD, but few studies have specifically investigated the effect of prenatal exposure. The current paper reviews the studies conducted on the association between prenatal air pollutants (PM, NOx, SO2 , O3 , CO and PAH) and ADHD development in children. From the 890 studies searched through PubMed, Google Scholar, Scopus, and Web of Science, 15 cohort studies met the inclusion criteria. NOS and WHO guidelines were used for quality and risk of bias assessment. The accumulative sample was 589,400 of children aged 3–15 years. Most studies reported an association between ADHD symptoms and prenatal PAH and PM exposure. Data available on NO2 and SO2 were inconsistent, whereas the effect of CO/O3 is barely investigated. We observed heterogeneity through an odd ratio forest plot, and discrepancies in methodologies across the studies. Eight of the fifteen studies were judged to be of moderate risk of bias in the outcome measurement. In a nutshell, future studies should aim to minimize heterogeneity and reduce bias by ensuring a more representative sample, standardizing exposure and outcome assessments
Thematic Areas: Psychology, multidisciplinary Psychology (miscellaneous) Psychology (all)
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: sharanpreet.kaur@urv.cat josefa.canals@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-9797-2329 0000-0002-6209-9558
Record's date: 2024-01-13
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/8/5443
Papper original source: European Journal Of Psychology Open. 82 230-230
APA: Kaur, S; Canals, J; Morales-Hidalgo, P; Arija, V (2023). Prenatal exposure to air pollutants and attentional deficit hyperactivity disorder development in children: a systematic review. European Journal Of Psychology Open, 82(), 230-230
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Article's DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20085443
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2023
Publication Type: Journal Publications