Relationship between functional impairment and parental stress children with attention deficit hyperactive disorder

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Nurul Atiyyah Jamal, Smily Jesu Priya Victor Paulraj, Jayachandran Vetrayan and Nurfarhana Mohd Hasmi (Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Science, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia)
Syamsul Anwar Sultan Ibrahim (Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Puncak Alam Campus, Malaysia)

The current study was to examine the relationship between functional impairment and parental distress in children with attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) and. This study was a cross-sectional study where the researcher use a standardize questionnaire to be answer by the participant to determine the correlation between functional impairment domain and parental stress. 31 participants (parents and children) were selected randomly based on ADHD children diagnosed by physician. The face to face interview and self-rating with parents of ADHD was done using Parental Stress Scale (PSS) and Weiss Functional Impairment Rating Scale-Parent Report (WFIRS-P). Test of significance by using Spearman rho correlation coefficient were employed for data analyses. There was significant good correlation (r=0.550) between parental stress and family domain of functional impairment. However, there was no significant correlation between number of children in home and school domain of functional impairment towards parental stress. This study provided preliminary step towards understanding of childhood ADHD-related functional impairment with level o f parental stress. Better understanding of functional impairment of a child will lead to provide adequate treatment plans and hopes can reduce parental stress level.