Caregiver Stress, Mental Health, and Self-Efficacy in ADHD Households

Alexandria University160 enrolled

Overview

Investigate the relationship between caregiver stress, mental health, and self-efficacy in families with children who have ADHD.

A cross-sectional design was utilized, involving 160 caregivers from the Abdullah Al-Tamimi Autism Center in Unaizah, Saudi Arabia. Participants completed an online questionnaire that assessed sociodemographic information, caregiver stress (via the Kingston Caregiver Stress Scale), mental health (using the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form), and self-efficacy (measured by the General Self-Efficacy Scale).

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

160

Conditions

ADHD

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 60 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: mothers, fathers, or grandparents who are involved in the child's primary care and are between the ages of 18 and 60 Exclusion Criteria: Caregivers who declined to participate in the current study, those who failed to complete the questionnaire, individuals not residing in the same household, and those not engaged in direct patient care

Locations (1)

Qassim University

Al Qassim, Al-Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Caregiver Stress

This study evaluates the perceived stress levels of family caregivers during the caregiving process, as developed by Kilik and Hopkins(13). This ten-item scale has been categorized into three distinct domains: caregiving (items one to seven), family issues (items eight and nine), and financial problems (item ten). The caregiving domain gauges stress from a lack of confidence in caregiving abilities, expected future care needs of the relative, and feeling overwhelmed.

Time frame: 3 months

Mental Health Continuum

Utilizing the Multi-Item Checklist for Mental Health (MHC-SF), devised by Keyes et al. (2005)(15), this study meticulously investigated the emotional, social, and psychological (3,5,6 items, respectively) dimensions of the participants' health, serving as a self-reporting instrument for mental health assessment.

Time frame: 3 months

General Self-Efficacy

The first edition, which had 20 items, was developed in 1997; it was then reduced to 10. Since its initial development in German, the GSE scale has undergone translations into additional languages(19). The GSES was adapted to assess individuals' perceptions of personal competence. The ten items in the updated version are graded on a 4-point scale, with one denoting "not true about me" and four denoting "totally true about me."

Time frame: 3 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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