Measuring Quality of Life in Children With Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Their Families

Abstract

Objective: To psychometrically evaluate a new parentcompleted questionnaire that measures the effect of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) on the everyday well-being of children and their families.

A comparative study of Quality of Life and factors affecting it in children diagnosed with Attention – deficit/hyperactivity disorder versus Bronchial asthma

“…The Inattentive subtype has comparatively fewer behavioral issues and usually comes to light only in higher classes due to poor academic performance. In both the groups in the study, we found that increase in severity of illness was associated with poorer QoL which is in accordance with many previous studies [27][28][29][30]. We found no significant differences in parenting styles between the groups, but Parenting style was seen to significantly impact QoL in the ADHD group only.…”

“…This further highlights the essentiality of adequate treatment of ADHD and the resultant transformation it can bring in the life of the child. Subtype of ADHD was found to have an impact on the QoL with the Inattentive subtype having a better QoL, especially in the Social and School functioning domains which is in accordance with literature [27]. The Inattentive subtype has comparatively fewer behavioral issues and usually comes to light only in higher classes due to poor academic performance.…”

Time Course and Predictors of Health-Related Quality of Life Improvement and Medication Satisfaction in Children Diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Treated with the Methylphenidate Transdermal System

“…Results of principal components analyses indicated single-component solutions for both child and family HRQL and MSS measures at each time point when the Glorfeld modification of Horn Parallel Analysis (Horn 1965; Glorfeld 1995) was used as the criterion for determining the presence of additional factors, which is consistent with previous validation work (Landgraf et al 2002). This indicates that child and family HRQL and medication satisfaction can be considered unitary constructs and were modeled as such in subsequent analyses.…”

The impact of the withdrawal of Adderall XR (long-acting mixed amphetamine salts) from the Canadian market on paediatric patients and their families

“…Interestingly, we were only able to identify a single publication reporting the results of an anonymous mail-in survey directed specifically at families affected by ADHD. Landgraf et al (13) reported a response rate of 31%, which is substantially lower than the response rate of our study. We did identify one other study (11) using a mail-in survey that examined parental perspectives on ADHD management, but these data were a subset collected during a much larger survey.…”