The study of mother’s knowledge regarding their children, s Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Introduction: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common psychiatric ‎disorder among school age children. Late diagnosis can cause bad side effect in their children ‎and young adolescent s social, occupational and educational relationships. It s obvious that &lrm...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Guilan University of Medical Sciences
2006-10-01
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| Series: | Journal of Holistic Nursing and Midwifery |
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| Online Access: | http://hnmj.gums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-243-72&slc_lang=en&sid=1 |
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| Summary: | Introduction: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common psychiatric ‎disorder among school age children. Late diagnosis can cause bad side effect in their children ‎and young adolescent s social, occupational and educational relationships. It s obvious that ‎mothers knowledge can have an effect on follow up process.‎
Objective: The goal of this study is to determine the level of mothers knowledge regarding ‎ADHD.‎
Methods: This is a descriptive study and its sample consisted of ‎‏60‏‎ mothers whose children ‎were diagnosed with ADHD during first three months of ‎‏2008‏‎ and were reffered to ‎Educational center of Shafa in Rasht. Study instrument was a questionnaire and results were ‎analyzed by descriptive statistics. ‎
Results: Findings showed that the majority of samples (‎‏68%‏‎) had moderate knowledge ‎regarding the disease.
‎ Conclusion: Due to moderate knowledge level/giving more education regarding children's ‎mental health is necessary. ‎ |
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| ISSN: | 2588-3712 2588-3720 |