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Analysis of effect of Internet-based parental training for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder on improving awareness of disease |
CHU Liting1,2, WANG Yu2, ZHU Peiying2, MA Chenhuan2, PAN Lizhu2, WANG Shasha2, HE Lin2, YU Guangjun1,2 |
1. School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200025, China; 2. Department of Child Health Care, Shanghai Children’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200062, China |
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Abstract Objective To analyze the effect of Internet-based parental training for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder(ADHD)on improving awareness of disease, and explore the feasibility of Internet-based parental training. Methods A total of 220 parents of children with ADHD who attended the Department of Children Health Care, Shanghai Children’s Hospital from June to July 2021 were randomly divided into online training group(n=110)and offlinetraining group(n=110). All the parents received the same parental training. The ADHD questionnaire was used before and after the training to compare the changes in the awareness of ADHD disease, treatment compliance, and the acceptance and satisfaction of the Internet-based parental training between the two groups. Results A total of 107 and 105 questionnaires were collected from the online and offline groups before training, and 103 and 104 questionnaires were collected after training, respectively, with a total collected rate of 95.2%. Before the training, there was no significant difference between theonline group and the offline group in ADHD disease awareness and treatment compliance(P>0.05). After the training, the overall understanding, etiology, symptoms, harm, treatment, and prognosis of ADHD rates improved significantly comparedwith those before training in both groups(P<0.05), and compliance with medication also improved(P<0.05). The was nosignificant difference of ADHD awareness rates between online and offline groups(P>0.05). The total ADHD awarenessrate of the online group was significantly higher than that of the offline group(P<0.05). The online and offline groups had 91.3% and 84.6% of parents who were willing to participate in online training, and 81.6% of online group parents were satisfied with Internet training. Conclusion Compared with the traditional offline training, Internet-based parental training can effectively increase parents’ awareness of ADHD and improve treatment compliance. It is a popularized training method for parents of children with ADHD.
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