IJERPH, Vol. 18, Pages 9745: Poor Mental Health in Caregivers of Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Its Relationships with Caregivers ’ Difficulties in Managing the Children’s Behaviors and Worsened Psychological Symptoms during the COVID-19 Pandemic
IJERPH, Vol. 18, Pages 9745: Poor Mental Health in Caregivers of Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Its Relationships with Caregivers’ Difficulties in Managing the Children’s Behaviors and Worsened Psychological Symptoms during the COVID-19 Pandemic
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph18189745
Authors:
Hui-Wen Tseng
Ching-Shu Tsai
Yu-Min Chen
Ray C. Hsiao
Fan-Hao Chou
Cheng-Fang Yen
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has thrown out a challenge to caregivers of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The present study examined the factors related to the poor general mental health state of the caregivers of children with ADHD during the COVID-19 pandemic, including (1) difficulties of caregivers in asking their child to adopt protective behaviors against COVID-19, (2) difficulties of caregivers in managing the child’s daily performance, and (3) worsened psychological symptoms in children. In total, 161 caregivers completed an online questionnaire to provide data regarding their general mental health state and difficulties in asking their child with ADHD to adopt protective behaviors against COVID-19 and in managing the child’s after-school learning, sleep routine, and internet use, as well as worsened psychological symptoms. The results of multivariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated that caregivers’ difficulties in managing ADHD ch...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - Category: Environmental Health Authors: Hui-Wen Tseng Ching-Shu Tsai Yu-Min Chen Ray C. Hsiao Fan-Hao Chou Cheng-Fang Yen Tags: Article Source Type: research
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