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Quality of life in parents of children with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

K. Khemakhem ,
C. Sahnoun ,
H. Ayadi ,
J. Boudabbous ,
L. Cherif ,
A. Walha ,
Y. Moalla ,
I. Hadjkacem  and
F. Ghribi
K. Khemakhem
Affiliation:
EPS Hédi Chaker, Child and Adolescent Department, Sfax, Tunisia
C. Sahnoun
Affiliation:
EPS Hédi Chaker, Child and Adolescent Department, Sfax, Tunisia
H. Ayadi
Affiliation:
EPS Hédi Chaker, Child and Adolescent Department, Sfax, Tunisia
J. Boudabbous
Affiliation:
EPS Hédi Chaker, Child and Adolescent Department, Sfax, Tunisia
L. Cherif
Affiliation:
EPS Hédi Chaker, Child and Adolescent Department, Sfax, Tunisia
A. Walha
Affiliation:
EPS Hédi Chaker, Child and Adolescent Department, Sfax, Tunisia
Y. Moalla
Affiliation:
EPS Hédi Chaker, Child and Adolescent Department, Sfax, Tunisia
I. Hadjkacem*
Affiliation:
EPS Hédi Chaker, Child and Adolescent Department, Sfax, Tunisia
F. Ghribi
Affiliation:
EPS Hédi Chaker, Child and Adolescent Department, Sfax, Tunisia
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Aim

The aim of our study was to investigate and compare the quality of life of parents of children with ADHD and parents of children within psychiatric troubles.

Methods

We conducted a cross sectional and comparative study, on 20 families of children with ADHD, followed in child and adolescent psychiatry department of Sfax, Tunisia, and 20 control families. We used the Short Form Health Survey (SF 36) translated and validated in Arabic to evaluate the quality of life of the parents of the two groups.

Results

The average age of the patients of our survey was 9 years 8 months with a predominance of boys. We objectified a significant difference between the overall scores of the quality of life of parents of children with ADHD and the control sample. A highly significant difference was noted in the following areas: mental health, bodily pain and social functioning. The difference was significant in vitality score. The difference was not significant in 4 scores: general health, physical functioning, role physical, and role emotional.

Conclusion

Families with a child with ADHD have many challenges which impact certainly in their quality of life. As a child and adolescent's psychiatrics, we should be aware of these consequences in order to help the parents to improve their quality of life.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
e-Poster viewing: child and adolescent psychiatry
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 41 , Issue S1: Abstract of the 25th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2017 , pp. S454
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017
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