Stress levels experienced by parents of children with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder during the back-to-school period: results of a European and Canadian survey
| Autor: | Fabian Haertling, Lakshman Doddamani, Gracita Ramnath, Isabel Hernández-Otero, Antonella Gagliano, R. Bloomfield, Benoit Dutray |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Male Parents medicine.medical_specialty Canada Adolescent Consumer research Stress level Child Rearing Cost of Illness medicine Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Humans Psychiatry Child Students Back-to-school stress survey ADHD online survey parental stress school Low stress Schools Adhd group medicine.disease Health Surveys High stress Europe Psychiatry and Mental health Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity Case-Control Studies Female Parental stress Psychology Stress Psychological |
| Popis: | The back-to-school stress survey was designed to compare stress in parents of children/ adolescents with/without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in six European countries and Canada when children prepare to return to school.Parents of children/adolescents (6-17 years) with/without ADHD were recruited and interviewed by a consumer research organization. Parents rated potentially stress-causing situations (both standard and specifically related to the return to school) on a scale from 1 (low stress) to 10 (high stress). Mean scores were compared using Student's t-test.In Europe, 613/693 (mean [SD] age: 40.7 [7.0]/40.1 [6.9] years) and in Canada, 102/150 (mean [SD] age: 44.4 [8.1]/44.1 [7.2] years) parents of children with/without ADHD, respectively, participated in the survey. Children with ADHD (mean [SD] age: 11.2 [3.2]/12.6 [3.2] years in Europe/Canada) had generally similar characteristics in both samples. Parents in the ADHD group showed higher stress levels than parents in the non-ADHD group in all situations (p0.001 for Europe). The return to school was considered one of the most stressful events during the year.In Europe and Canada, ADHD has a significant impact on parental stress, particularly during the back-to-school period. This can have important implications as parental stress can affect presentation of ADHD symptoms. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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