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Changing Parental Knowledge and Treatment Acceptance for ADHD: A Pilot Study

Published:2022-09-28 Issue:4 Volume:62 Page:301-308
ISSN:0009-9228
Container-title:Clinical Pediatrics
language:en
Short-container-title:Clin Pediatr (Phila)

Author:

Dixon J. F.¹²^ORCID,Akins R.²³,Miller E.⁴,Breslau J.⁵,Gill S.¹⁶,Bisi E.¹²,Schweitzer J. B.¹²

Affiliation:

1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA

2. UC Davis MIND Institute, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA

3. Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA

4. Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

5. Rand Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

6. Palo Alto University, Palo Alto, CA, USA

Abstract

This pilot study assessed the feasibility and potential effectiveness of a single-session workshop in modifying parental beliefs/knowledge about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and impact on treatment acceptance/utilization. Concerns raised by school professionals about lack of treatment follow-through after ADHD diagnosis and parental misinformation about medication usage catalyzed this project. A single-group pre-post quasi-experimental design was used. Sixty-eight parents completed ADHD knowledge/belief scales and stress inventories, and pre-ADHD and post-ADHD information workshop. Follow-up calls were made after the workshop to assess treatment utilization. Parents/caregivers experienced significant knowledge and belief changes regarding medication efficacy, willingness to accept physician treatment recommendations, and rejection of non-empirically based treatments. Follow-up data showed that 41% of contacted participants met with physicians to discuss medication utilization and behavioral treatments. Brief, one-session psycho-educational workshops were feasible and impacted parental beliefs and behaviors regarding scientifically supported interventions for ADHD.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/00099228221124676

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