Föräldrars upplevelser av barns vård vid ADHD

Sammanfattning: Background: Children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) havesymptoms such as inattention and / or overactivity and impulsivity. ADHD has increasedsignificantly in recent years and is estimated to be three to five percent of Sweden's school children.The increase is probably due to increased knowledge in the area. Another reason may be that moredemands are made at school on things that are difficult for a child with ADHD. ADHD care oftenconsists of medication and medical follow-ups by nurses and doctors. Nurses follow up on feedingand provide information on lifestyle factors and perform somatic checks. The care can also consist ofpsychoeducation, psychological treatment and occupational therapy efforts. ADHD is aneuropsychiatric functional variation that creates difficulties both in school, at home and in leisure. Itis therefore of great importance to study parents' experience of childcare at ADHD in order toprovide optimal care and care.Aim: To describe parents' experiences of childcare in ADHD.Method: Literature study with qualitative approach. A systematic literature search was conducted inthe databases, Cinahl, Psycinfo, PubMed and Scopus. The selected articles underwent a qualityreview and then a qualitative content analysis was performed.Results: Six themes emerged in the result: the importance of health care efforts, the importance ofmedication, the importance of the alliance, shared decision-making, constant fighting and stigma.Conclusions: Parents were in dire need of adequate support and intervention in the treatment ofADHD and medication had a crucial role in treatment. Parents also felt that there was no supportgroups and skills training for those with children with ADHD alone. Parents constantly struggledwith their children with ADHD and many felt stigmatized by their surroundings and society.Important in care is that parents feel a trusting relationship with health care professionals. Parents ofchildren with ADHD received less shared decision-making than parents with children with physicaldiagnoses.