Mindfulness Based Intervention Program For Mothers Of Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 5
Abstract
Background: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common neurobehavioral disorders among children. Higher levels of stress, poor quality of life, less parenting satisfaction and perplexing child behaviors that evokes harsh parenting are common among mothers of ADHD children. Aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a mindfulness based intervention program on mothers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Subject and methods: the study was conducted in the child psychiatric outpatient clinic at Fayoum university hospital, Egypt using a quasi-experimental design with one-group pre-post assessment. The sample consisted of 50 mothers accompanying their ADHD children to study setting. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire sheet for demographic data, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder beliefs scale, parenting scale, the Arabic version of Conners’ rating scale and the Kessler psychological distress Scale (K10). Mindfulness Based Intervention Program for mothers was designed and implemented to improve mothers' beliefs, parenting practices with ADHD children, mindfulness in parenting and decrease their psychological distress. The study lasted for 14 months from May 2017 to June 2018. Results, only 4% of mothers had positive beliefs regarding attention deficit hyperactivity disorder at the pre-intervention phase and it increases to 94.0% post-intervention. There was improvement in mother's parenting practices, mothers’ mindfulness in parenting and Conners' rating scores at post-intervention phase (P- value ˂0.001). Moreover, severe psychological distress converted to mild distress in majority of mothers (92%). In multivariate analysis, the Conners' rating score was the only statistically significant independent positive predictor for the improvement of mothers' psychological distress. Conclusion: the Mindfulness based intervention program tailored to mothers' needs is effective in improving mothers' beliefs, parenting practices, positive changes in child behavior and mindfulness in parenting as well as reducing psychological distress among studied mothers regarding ADHD children. Recommendation: involving the ADHD children in the mindfulness based intervention programs. Further researches to evaluate the effects of Mindfulness based intervention program on the mothers’ coping, QOL, parenting satisfaction, psychological well-being.
Authors and Affiliations
Somaya E. Abou-Abdou, Mohamed R. Soltan, Safaa A. Ali, Huwida H. Abed Elmenem
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