Correlation study on the symptoms of preschool children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and their parents ′ mental health status

LI Wei; ZHANG Jin-song; SHUAI Lan; PAN Jing-xue; ZHANG Hui-feng; XIA Wei-ping; WANG Zhou-ye

doi:10.11852/zgetbjzz2018-26-10-02

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Chinese Journal of Child Health Care ›› 2018, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (10) : 1048-1051. DOI: 10.11852/zgetbjzz2018-26-10-02

Correlation study on the symptoms of preschool children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and
their parents ′ mental health status

LI Wei^1,2, ZHANG Jin-song^1,2, SHUAI Lan¹, PAN Jing-xue^1,2, ZHANG Hui-feng^1,2,
XIA Wei-ping¹, WANG Zhou-ye¹

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Objective To investigate the core symptoms of preschool children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and their parents′ mental health status, and to analyze the correlation . Method A total of 119 ADHD preschool children diagnosed by DSM-V and 115 normal preschool children were selected as participants from May 2015 to January 2017.All children were 4 years old to 5 years and 11 months old.The parents in two groups filled out General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), Generalized anxiety Scale (GAD-7) to assess their mental health.Children′s symptoms and behavior problems were assessed by SNAP-Ⅳ.The correlations between ADHD children′s symptoms and parents′ mental health were analyzed. Results 1) Children′s SNAP-Ⅳ in ADHD group scored significantly higher than that in control group (P<0.001). 2) The scores of parents′ PHQ-9 and GAD-7 in ADHD group were higher than those in control group (P<0.05), and the positive rates of parents′ mental health status, PHQ-9 and GAD-7 in ADHD group were also significantly higher than those in control group (all P<0.05).3) Parents′ mental health status, anxiety and depression were positively correlated with severity of ADHD symptoms and children′s behavior problems (r=0.22~0.35, all P <0.01). Conclusions The anxiety and depression levels of parents of ADHD preschool children are higher and parents′ mental health status is correlated with the symptoms of ADHD and children′s behavior problems.Attention should be given to psychological counseling and treatment for the parents of preschool children with ADHD.

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preschool children / attention deficit hyperactivity disorder / symptom / parents′ emotion

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LI Wei, ZHANG Jin-song, SHUAI Lan, PAN Jing-xue, ZHANG Hui-feng, XIA Wei-ping, WANG Zhou-ye. Correlation study on the symptoms of preschool children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and
their parents ′ mental health status[J]. Chinese Journal of Child Health Care. 2018, 26(10): 1048-1051 https://doi.org/10.11852/zgetbjzz2018-26-10-02

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