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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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-ee6b61da923d42a7a4a6dbb22b39fae32025-08-20T02:38:56ZengGuilan University of Medical SciencesJournal of Holistic Nursing and Midwifery2588-37122588-37202006-10-011621418The study of mother’s knowledge regarding their children, s Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder fatemeh atar0zahra shojaee1 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. ‎http://hnmj.gums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-243-72&slc_lang=en&sid=1Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Genetics Mother Knowledge |
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| title | The study of mother’s knowledge regarding their children, s Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
| title_full | The study of mother’s knowledge regarding their children, s Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
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| title_short | The study of mother’s knowledge regarding their children, s Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
| title_sort | study of mother s knowledge regarding their children s attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |
| topic | Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Genetics Mother Knowledge |
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