Families with an ADHD child are more than three times as likely as CSHCN families and almost six times as likely as families with healthy children to say that in the past month they sometimes, usually, or always felt that their child is harder to care for the most children of his or her age.
Families with an ADHD child were 2.5 times as likely as CSHCN families and 3.3 times as likely as families with healthy children to say that in the past month they sometimes, usually, or always felt that the child does things that really bother them.
And families with an ADHD child were 1.8 times as likely as CSHCN families and 3.2 times as likely as families with healthy children to say that they are very concerned about the child's depression and anxiety.
The investigators wrote that their study suggests that “the impact of ADHD may be far greater than is generally appreciated. It also suggests a need for further exploration of the factors that may contribute to this pattern and of ways to alleviate parental and child stress associated with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.”