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What Is ADHD In Everyday Life: Healthcare As A Significant Lifeline

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Laugesen, B., Lauritsen, M. B., Jørgensen, R., Sørensen, E. E., Grønkjær, Mette, Rasmussen, P. (2017). ADHD and Everyday Life: Healthcare as a Significant Lifeline. Journal of Pediatric Nursing 35 (2017) 105–112

Purpose/ Research Questions
The purpose of this study was to explore parental experiences of how healthcare practices and healthcare professionals in Denmark influence everyday life of parents of a child with ADHD.

Sample Participants
The study included parents of children diagnosed with ADHD aged 5–12 years. For this study, both single parents, parents living together or divorced parents were invited to participate in the study. The final sample included 15 families of children with ADHD. Two children …show more content…

Participant observation and interviews are the primary data collection methods used. The study included fifteen families of children with ADHD who were patients at four pediatric and psychiatric hospital clinics. Focused ethnography (FE) was chosen as an appropriate methodology underlining the importance of contextual and cultural factors in hospitals to understand parental experiences of healthcare services and collaboration with healthcare professionals.
Collection of data occurred at two general pediatric outpatient clinics and two child and adolescent mental health clinics. Researchers selected the four hospitals because children with ADHD regularly had appointments there. The families met a variety of health professionals such as nurses, doctors, dietitians, psychologists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and child development health professionals.

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Before participant observations, the researcher spent time in the various settings to gain insight into the context. Informal interviews took place before and after healthcare meetings, and the researcher asked questions about the activities and interactions. Formal interviews with the participants took place 1–14 days after the observations. Three interviews took place in the participant's private home, and 12 took place in a meeting room in the hospital, selected by the participants.
The interviews used a semi-structured guide with open-ended questions covering the researcher's observations, the families' everyday life and experiences with healthcare. Each family decided and to introduce health professionals to the study, which allowed the health professionals to ask questions about the project and get familiar with the

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