title: [Effect of parent training in combination with methylphenidate treatment on family relationships for children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effect of parent training combined with methylphenidate treatment on family relationships in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-nine parents of children with ADHD under methylphenidate treatment participated in a modified 5-week training program. The intervention effect was evaluated using the Conners Parent Symptom Questionnaire, ADHD Rating Scale-IV Home Version (ADHD-RS-IV Home Version), Caregiver Strain Questionnaire, Parent-Child Relationship Self-rating Scale and Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale. Parents also completed the training satisfaction survey before and after the intervention.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After the 5-week parent training, compared with the baseline values, total scores of Conners Parent Symptom Questionnaire and scores of conduct problems and anxiety significantly decreased, and scores of attention deficit, hyperactivity, impulsivity and oppositional defiant behaviors of ADHD-RS-IV Home Version, and Caregiver Strain Questionnaire total scores were all significantly decreased (P<0.05), while total scores of the Parent-Child Relationship Self-Rating Scale and Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale were significantly increased (P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Modified 5-week parent training program may improve parent-child relationship and reduce parenting stress in ADHD families.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650032, China. kangbao98@163.com.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chuan-Yuan
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Xing-Rong
authors.initials: XR
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xuan
authors.forename: Kai-Jing
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Rui-Xiang
authors.initials: RX
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yan-Jiao
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Run-Xu
authors.initials: RX
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Xue-Rong
authors.initials: XR
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Shuai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008774:Methylphenidate / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D012649:Self Concept
chemical_list: D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants; D008774:Methylphenidate