A Quality of Life in Mothers of Children with and without Attention deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

The aim of the present study was to compare mother of children with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder and mothers of normal children in quality of life. Therefore 51 mothers of children 7-14 years old with hyperactivity disorder were non-randomly selected from rehabilitation clinics and 50 mothers of normal children were selected with screening method. The adapted version quality of life questionnaire (WHO) was administrated on them. Multiple regression analysis showed that mothers of children with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder were lower in all dimensions of the quality of life (mental health, social relationships, physical health and spiritual health) (F(3,96)=9.03 , p