英文摘要 |
Purposes: (1) To survey the knowledge towards parents of children with attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in Taiwan. (2) To examine the immediate effect of the group educational activities. Materials and Methods: Study subjects were parents of children with ADHD and attended the group educational activities about ADHD in New Taipei City, from May and October, 2014. (1) A cross-sectional study design using the pre-test data was used to address the first objective. (2) A single group pretest and posttest trial was used to assess the second objective. Participants were asked to fill out a questionnaire before (pretest) and after (posttest) the education activities (2 hours). The measurement tool was a 10-item questionnaire about the knowledge of ADHD with acceptable reliability and validity. Results: A total of 64 participants was analyzed. (1) The mean items of correctness of ADHD knowledge was 6.20 (62.0%). The item about treatment method of ADHD had the lowest % of correctness (31.3%), and which act being helpful to children with ADHD had the highest % of correctness (92.2%). Their occupation was associated with their ADHD knowledge. (2) After participating the group educational activities, their knowledge significantly increased (7.09, 70.9%). Conclusions: The parents of children with ADHD do not know very much about ADHD. Their occupation was associated with their ADHD knowledge. Significant immediate effect on ADHD knowledge was seen after education activities. |