title: [Therapy Goals for Children and Adolescents with ADHD and their Primary Caregivers. A Content Analysis and Examination of Agreement of ADHD Patients and their Primary Caregivers].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to identify individual therapy goals (ITGs) of children and adolescents with ADHD and their primary caregivers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Within the evaluation of the selective contract for children and adolescents with ADHD in Bremerhaven, Germany, ITGs of 42 study participants (aged 8-17) and their primary caregivers were collected with the psychotherapy basis documentation for children and adolescents (Psy-BaDo-KJ). ITGs were analysed following the classification of categories for individual therapy goals (KITZ) and their modification for children and adolescents. Analysis focused on the most frequently named ITGs and the agreement of patients and primary caregivers ITGs on the individual level.
  
  
  RESULTS
  235 ITGs were named. The greatest proportion of ADHD patients and their caregivers (47%) focused on interactional, psychosocial conflicts. In 19% of the cases (n=8) patients and their caregivers had the same main goal. 38% of patients and of caregivers (n=16) named the other ones main goal in one of his/her ITGs as well.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  ADHD patients and their primary caregivers both pursue ITGs related to ADHD symptoms. Few ITGs address medication related aspects. In case of differences in the ITGs of a patient and his/her primary caregivers, therapists should check whether differing ITGs address the same problem from different perspectives.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Allgemeinmedizin, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kersting
authors.affiliation: Fachbereich Gesundheit und Pflege, HFH Hamburger Fernhochschule, -Hamburg.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lindemann
authors.affiliation: Praxis für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und -psychotherapie, Bremerhaven.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jacobi
authors.affiliation: Praxis für Kinder- und Jugendpsychotherapie, Bremerhaven.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lo Baido
authors.affiliation: Praxis für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und -psychotherapie, Bremerhaven.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.affiliation: Praxis für Kinder- und Jugendpsychotherapie, Bremerhaven.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yurdakul
authors.affiliation: Praxis für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Bremerhaven.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ziegler-Kirbach
authors.affiliation: Epidemiologische und Statistische Methoden, Helmholtz-Zentrum für -Infektionsepidemiologie, Braunschweig.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mikolajczyk
authors.affiliation: Klinische Epidemiologie, Leibniz-Institut für Präventionsforschung und Epidemiologie - BIPS GmbH, Bremen.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Garbe
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015995:Prevalence