Household Task Participation of Children With and Without Attentional Problems

Dunn, Louise A.; Coster, Wendy J.; Orsmond, Gael I.; Cohn, Ellen S.

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“…As previously reported by Dunn et al (2009), the groups did not differ significantly in the number of household tasks they performed, but children with ADHD required more assistance when performing household tasks.…”

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“…For parents of children with ADHD, efforts to organize and support their children's participation in household tasks, despite the stress they encounter, highlight the values that may underlie their efforts (Whalen et al, 2006). Indeed, parents of children with ADHD reported that their children performed similar numbers of household tasks as did parents of children without ADHD; however, parents of children with ADHD reported that their children required significantly more assistance when doing household tasks than did parents of children without ADHD (Dunn, Coster, Orsmond, & Cohn, 2009). …”

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Factors Associated with Participation of Children With and Without ADHD in Household Tasks

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Physical & Occupational Therapy In Pediatrics

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Children's preparation for adult roles and independent living occur largely through participation with their families in home routines including household tasks. This preparation may involve learning related to family roles, socialization, and occupational performance. This study was designed to explore the extent to which child, environmental, and task factors are associated with household task participation by school-aged children, 9 to 11 years of age, with and without attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Forty-four parents of children with and without ADHD completed a series of measures that examined family routine frequency and importance, parenting stress, parenting sense of competence, and a measure of their children's participation in household tasks. Child's age, the presence of an older sibling, and the importance of family routines were significant predictors of the number of household tasks performed by children. Diagnosis of ADHD, the presence of an older sibling, and parental stress were significant predictors of the amount of assistance the children required to do the household tasks.

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Factors Associated with Participation of Children With and Without ADHD in Household Tasks

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Physical & Occupational Therapy In Pediatrics

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“…Except for the two maladaptive behavior domains, the proportion of children having normal level behaviors in the domains of work, self-care, home living, and functional academics was relatively low between 56% and 68%. These results suggest that children with ADHD exhibit common impairment behaviors in household tasks and educational functioning [25,26]. Surprisingly, for socialization and communication, the two common domains identified with deficit in ADHD children [9,13], the proportion of children exhibiting normal level adaptive function was relatively high (96% and 88%, in Table 3).…”

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Motor ability and adaptive function in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Wang

Huang

2011

The Kaohsiung J of Med Scie

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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neuropsychiatric disorder. Previous studies have reported that children with ADHD exhibit deficits of adaptive function and insufficient motor ability. The objective of this study was to investigate the association between adaptive function and motor ability in children with ADHD compared with a group of normal children. The study group included 25 children with ADHD (19 boys and 6 girls), aged from 4.6 years to 8.6 years (mean±standard deviation, 6.5±1.2). A group of 24 children without ADHD (normal children) were selected to match the children with ADHD on age and gender. The Movement Assessment Battery for Children, which includes three subtests, was used to assess the motor ability of the children of both groups. The Chinese version of Adaptive Behavior Scales, which consists of 12 life domains, was used to assess adaptive function of the children with ADHD. Compared with the normal children, children with ADHD exhibited poorer motor ability on all the three subtests of motor assessment. In the ADHD group, nine (36%) children had significant motor impairments and seven (28%) were borderline cases. A total of 10 (40%) children with ADHD had definite adaptive problems in one or more adaptive domains. With statistically controlling of IQ for the ADHD group, those children with impaired motor ability had significantly poorer behaviors in the adaptive domain of home living (p=0.035). Moreover, children with ADHD who had severely impaired manual dexterity performed worse than the control group in the adaptive domains of home living (r=-0.47, p=0.018), socialization (r=-0.49, p=0.013), and self-direction (r=-0.41, p=0.040). In addition, children with poorer ball skills had worse home living behavior (r=-0.56, p=0.003). Children who had more impaired balance exhibited poorer performance in social behavior (r=-0.41, p=0.040). This study found significant correlation between motor ability and adaptive function in children with ADHD, especially in their adaptive domains of home living, socialization, and self-direction. In clinical settings, identification of motor difficulties may have important implications for the understanding of relative factors in effective management of the adaptive dysfunction in children with ADHD.

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“…ODD includes a pattern of negativistic, defiant, disobedient, and hostile behavior toward any authority figure 8,9 . Thus, it negatively affects the condition's course and prognosis, family dynamics, and the child or adolescent's academic and social functioning 10,11,12 . ODD increases the risk of conduct disorder and of antisocial personality disorder 13 and thus, it is essential to account for ODD symptoms in ADHD research.…”

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Household task demands for quiet and focused behavior facilitate performance by ADHD youth

Mendes

Drummond

Miranda

et al. 2016

Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a heterogeneous condition associated with functional impact on several dimensions of a child' s life 1 . This heterogeneity may be partially explained by the diversity of symptoms contributing to clinical presentations with distinct functional compromise 2,3 . ADHD is characterized by variable degrees of hyperactivity, impulsivity, and/or inattentive symptoms, affecting children' s participation in school and in their household routine .In school, children with ADHD usually exhibit worse academic performance than children developing typically Conflict of interest:There is no conflict of interest to declare. ABSTRACTThis study evaluated the associations among symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and of oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) in children and adolescents' performance in household tasks and assistance provided by caregivers. Parents of children from 6 to 14 years old with ADHD (n = 67) were interviewed with the Children Helping Out: Responsibilities, Expectations, and Supports (CHORES) instrument. Significant correlations were found between symptoms of ODD and assistance in self-care tasks (r = −0.31; p = 0.01); symptoms of hyperactivity correlated with assistance in self-care (r = −0.30, p = 0.01); and family-care (r = −0.25, p = 0.04) tasks. Age was directly associated with the number of tasks performed by children and inversely related to the assistance provided by caregivers. A greater number of ODD symptoms resulted in more household assistance from caregivers. Characteristics of ODD symptoms, such as disobedience and hostility in the face of authority, may limit these children in accessing household tasks by their own initiative, requiring assistance from caregivers.Keywords: environment; behavior; attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity; caregivers. RESUMOEste estudo avaliou transversalmente a correlação entre sintomas de transtorno de déficit de atenção e hiperatividade (TDAH) e de oposição com desempenho de crianças e adolescentes nas tarefas domésticas e assistência disponibilizada pelos cuidadores. Pais de crianças e adolescentes com TDAH (n = 67), de 6 a 14 anos, foram entrevistados com o children helping out: responsibilities, expectations and supports (CHORES). Foram encontradas correlações significativas entre sintomas de oposição e assistência em cuidado próprio (r = -0,31; p = 0,01) e de hiperatividade com assistência em cuidado próprio (r = -0,30, p = 0,01) e em cuidado familiar (r = -0,25, p = 0,04). Idade está diretamente correlacionada ao número de tarefas desempenhadas pela criança e inversamente associada à assistência disponibilizada pelos cuidadores. Maior número de sintomas de oposição resultou em maior assistência disponibilizada. Características dos sintomas de oposição, como a desobediência e hostilidade frente às autoridades, são limitantes para que essas crianças acessem as tarefas por iniciativa própria, demandando maior assistência dos cuidadores.

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Household Task Participation of Children With and Without Attentional Problems

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Factors Associated with Participation of Children With and Without ADHD in Household Tasks

Factors Associated with Participation of Children With and Without ADHD in Household Tasks

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Household task demands for quiet and focused behavior facilitate performance by ADHD youth

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