EFFECTIVENESS OF CAREGIVER MEDIATED PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTIONS ON KNOWLEDGE, COPING OF CAREGIVERS OF CHILDREN WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER AT SELECTED SETTINGS

Background: In India, prevalence of ADHD among adolescents is 7.1%. The prevalence of ADHD range for children aged 8-15 years was between 7.6% to 15%. There is a need to improve the knowledge and coping of the caregivers of children with ADHD, in order to enhance the level of knowledge on ADHD in caregivers and to promote the coping strategies of caregivers of children with ADHD.

Aim and objective: To assess the effectiveness of the caregiver mediated psychosocial intervention on knowledge and coping of the caregivers of children with ADHD

Materials and Methods: A quantitative approach with a quasi-experimental non-equivalent control group design was chosen for the study involving 30 caregivers who were selected using a non-probability purposive sampling technique. A structured knowledge questionnaire and Cravers brief cope inventory was used as the data collection tool.

Results: It was revealed that in experimental group, the overall mean knowledge score of caregivers in pre-test was 6.80 knowledge and it was 11.20 in post-test with the mean difference of 4.40 and t value was found to be 7.06, which showed high statistical significance. In experimental group the overall mean coping score of caregivers, in pre-test was 60.33 and it was 82.20 in post-test with the mean difference of 21.87 and t value was found to be 14.97, which showed high statistical significance.

Conclusion: The study concluded that the caregiver mediated psychosocial intervention was effective in enhancing knowledge and increasing the effective coping among caregivers of children with ADHD.