KMID : 0368820120510040225
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Journal of the Korean Neuropsychiatr Association 2012 Volume.51 No. 4 p.225 ~ p.232
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Treatment Compliance and Parents¡¯ Characteristics in Children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder : Pilot Study
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Kim Joon
Lim Hyun-Kook Jeong Jong-Hyun Hong Seung-Chul Han Jin-Hee Lee Sung-Pil Seo Ho-Jun
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study was conducted to compare characteristics of parents of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) children in relationship to treatment compliance.
Methods: A total of 271 school-aged children diagnosed with ADHD were devided into two groups by treatment duration; early dropout group (n=117, treatments discontinued within three months) and continuous treatment groups (n=154, treatments continued for more than three months). Scores on the Korean Personality Inventory for Children (KPI-C), Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), Korean Parenting Sense of Competence (K-PSOC), Korean Parenting Stress Index-Short Form (K-PSI-SF), and Parental Acceptance Rejection Questionnaire (PARQ) were compared between two groups.
Results: According to the results of the KPI-C, parents of the early dropout group showed a higher tendency to regard their children¡¯s symptoms as ¡¯somatization¡¯ and ¡¯delinquency¡¯, compared with those of continuous treatment groups (49.9 vs. 46.3 and 60.9 vs. 58.2, p=0.048 and 0.046, respectively). Parents in the early dropout group showed higher scores on hypochondriasis and psychasthenia subscales in MMPI (54.7 vs. 52.1 and 51.5 vs. 48.5, p=0.024, and 0.017, respectively). The results of the K-PSOC showed that parents in the early dropout group perceived a lower sense of parenting competence (27.3 vs. 58.6, p=0.047).
Conclusion: Our findings suggested that characteristics of the parents and their perspectives regarding children¡¯s symptoms could be possible factors associated with treatment compliance in ADHD. Further researches on this issue may provide opportunities to improve treatment compliance for children with ADHD.
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KEYWORD
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ADHD, Treatment compliance, Parents
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