Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, USA
J Atten Disord. 2015 Feb;19(2):91-8. doi: 10.1177/1087054713493316. Epub 2013 Jul 26.
Despite the availability of several effective treatments, many children with ADHD do not receive adequate services. A variety of factors may influence help-seeking behavior among families of children with ADHD. This study explores two factors that may influence help-seeking decisions: knowledge and misconceptions of ADHD and treatment acceptability.
A total of 196 participants completed measures of ADHD knowledge and use of information sources prior to rating the acceptability of two interventions: stimulant medication and sugar elimination diets.
Higher levels of ADHD misconceptions were associated with lower acceptance of medication and higher acceptance of dietary interventions. However, analysis of individual misconceptions suggests that specific misconceptions are differentially related to perceptions of individual treatments.
It may be important for clinicians to assess and deliberately target specific misconceptions as part of treatment for ADHD.
尽管有多种有效的治疗方法，但许多患有 ADHD 的儿童并未得到充分的治疗。各种因素可能会影响 ADHD 儿童家庭的求治行为。本研究探讨了两个可能影响求治决策的因素：对 ADHD 的了解和误解，以及对治疗的可接受性。
共有 196 名参与者在对两种干预措施（兴奋剂药物和糖排除饮食）的可接受性进行评分之前，完成了 ADHD 知识和信息来源使用情况的测量。
较高的 ADHD 误解水平与对药物治疗的接受程度较低和对饮食干预的接受程度较高相关。然而，对个别误解的分析表明，特定的误解与对个别治疗的看法有不同的关系。
临床医生可能需要评估并有意针对特定的误解，作为 ADHD 治疗的一部分。
