A comparative study of family impact in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and learning disability
Journal Title: INDIAN JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Background : Parents of children with ADHD/ Learning Disability (LD) have high levels of stress and lack of familiarity with their child’s disorder resulting in a significant impact on their lives; we studied this impact and it’s correlation with illness, socio demographic variables, attribution of disorder and socialsupport. Methodology : A cross-sectional comparative study was done in a municipal tertiary care centre; 50 mothers each of children with ADHD and LD recruited from child psychiatry OPD and 50 mothers of non-referred children from Paediatric OPD. Data regarding sociodemographics and attribution collected from their interview along with scores from scales applied (Family Impact Questionnaire – Revised;Multidimensional Scale for Perceived Social Support) were compared and analyzed. Results : A more significant impact was found with ADHD than in LD; worse impact in ADHD was observed with hyperactive subtype, lack of knowledge about disorder, lower socio-economic strata, larger family size, having more family members with same disorder and lower social support. In LD, impact is greater when there is lack of knowledge and attribution is to perceived child characteristics (suggesting intentionality). Conclusions : The results of our study imply that in the Indian context the overall impact due to both ADHD and LD are at par as academics are given as much priority as respectful behaviour. However, this impact is affected by certain variables which are subject to through change through intervention. These are illness, socio demographic variables, perceived support by the family and parental attribution of their child’s disorder. Thus interventions addressing the feasible variables at individual, family and community levels can lessen this impact.
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Henal Shah, Karishma Rupani, Sayantani Mukherjee, Ravindra Kamath
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- EP ID EP249590
- DOI 10.30877/IJMH.3.1.2016.70-78
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