A Study to Assess the Challenges Faced and Measures Taken by the Mothers of Children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in a Selected Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal
Context: Children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) present a big challenge to mothers. They experience burden and lack of support and resources in child's care. Aims: This study aimed to assess the challenges faced and measures taken by mothers of children with ADHD. Setting...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2021-01-01
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| Series: | Indian Journal of Psychiatric Nursing |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/iopn.iopn_40_20 |
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| Summary: | Context:
Children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) present a big challenge to mothers. They experience burden and lack of support and resources in child's care.
Aims:
This study aimed to assess the challenges faced and measures taken by mothers of children with ADHD.
Settings:
The present study was conducted at Outpatient Department of Manovikas Kendra, 482, Madudah. Plot 1-24, Sector - J, E. M. Bypass, Kolkata-700 107, West Bengal.
Design:
This was a descriptive survey approach.
Subjects and Methods:
Data were collected from 86 mothers included by nonprobability convenience sampling technique. Rating scale and semi-structured interview schedule were used to collect data.
Statistical Analysis Used:
Descriptive and inferential statistics was used for statistical analysis.
Results:
The findings revealed that only 2 (2.32%) mothers of children with ADHD faced mild (0–25), 81 (94.18%) mothers of children with ADHD faced moderate level (26–51), 3 (3.48%) mothers of children with ADHD faced severe (52–76) level of challenges, and all mothers (100%) used punishment/beating, provided the child toys for calming down, kept child under supervision, and praised their willingness to study rather than getting full marks. The computed Chi-square result showed significant association between level of challenges faced by the mothers with types of family, education qualification, and monthly family income (p < 0.05).
Conclusions:
Majority (94.18%) of the mothers of children with ADHD faced moderate level of challenges. |
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| ISSN: | 2231-1505 |