The relati̇onshi̇p between chi̇ldren's quali̇ty of li̇fe and parents' communi̇cati̇on ski̇lls who have attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder

The study, which was conducted in order to examine the relationship between communication skills of the parents, whose child was diagnosed with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, and children's quality of life, is of descriptive pattern. The study was conducted with voluntary children, who admitted to Ege University Faculty of Medicine Children's Hospital Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic and to Dokuz Eylul University Child Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic between the dates March-May 2017 and met the inclusion criteria, and their parents. Sampling was not performed in the study. 101 children and 101 parents from the two institutions were participated voluntarily in the study. Study data were obtained by applying an individual identification form containing identification information of children and parents, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Quality-of- Life Scale (ADHDQoL) for children, The Communication Skills Scale (CSS) and Child-Parent Relationship Scale (CPRS) for parents. For evaluation of consistency of scale scores to normal distribution; Shapiro-Wilk test statistics and nonparametric methods, consistently with the scales, were used. For interpretation of the results; frequency tables and descriptive statistics were used. Consistently with the nonparametric methods, for comparison of scale scores of two and more independent groups; Mann-Whitney U Test and Kruskal-Wallis H Test statistics were used. Degree, direction and significance of the interrelationship of the scales were performed by using Spearman Correlation Test. According to the results of the research; mean age of the children is 10.43±1.29. Of the children; 20.8% were female and 79.2% were male. Of the children; 25.7% had a comorbid disease and 89.1% were on a drug therapy. Mean age of the parents included in the sample is 38.65 ± 5.86. 28.7% of the parents had been trained for ADHD by some sources. Children answering the question about the change requests is devoted to school success (%20), themselves (%16.47), Family (%14.11) and friends (%5.88) relationships, concrete object (%14.11), world (%5.88). 21.97% of the children stated that they did not want anything.Children's average ADHDQoL is 62.22±13.31 field of domestic life and 61.17±13.29 in field of school life. Increased total number of children in a family, having ever been in nursery, having ever been in kindergarten and not living with parents influence the quality of life (school or home life negatively (p<0.05). Children's verbal expressions support these findings. A diagnosis of ADHD to be another person in the family, has a positive influence on the quality of life. Averages of communication skills scores of the parents are high (106.0±10.51). Parents' total average score in CPRS is 59.31±14.26. There is no statistically significant relationship of children's quality of life average scores with parents communication skills average scores and parent relationship scale average scores (p>0.05). As a result of research, the quality of life for children with ADHD with parents ' the relationship between communication skills has not been established. A relationship between the quality of life of children with ADHD and their parents' communication skills has not been established. Keywords: Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder; Quality of Life; Communication Skills