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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychiatry
Sec. ADHD
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1522263

Impact of Online Health Education on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Screening Results and Parenting Stress among School-Aged Children

Provisionally accepted
Jing Tan Jing Tan 1Wenxia Yi Wenxia Yi 1Jianna Shen Jianna Shen 2Bin Peng Bin Peng 3Min Gong Min Gong 4Feng Li Feng Li 5Li Chen Li Chen 1*
  • 1 Children‘s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
  • 2 Chongqing Educational Science Research Academy, Chongqing, China
  • 3 Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
  • 4 Richmond University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States
  • 5 Jiangjin Centre Hospital, Chongqing, China

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    Aims: To investigate the effects of an online health education lecture on the positive screening rate of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and parenting stress among parents of children diagnosed with or screened positive for ADHD.Method: Using stratified proportional random cluster sampling, 14 primary schools in Chongqing were selected to conduct an online lecture about ADHD for parents and teachers. A total of 2,611 questionnaires were collected (1,508 intervention group, 1,103 control group).Results: The lecture did not significantly affect the positive screening rate of ADHD (parents: β=-0.37, p=0.208; teachers: β=0.53, p=0.338); however, the positive screening rate increased post-intervention. Inattention scores were higher in the intervention group (β=0.42, p=0.040). Parents as primary caregivers were associated with lower ADHD symptom scores (β=-0.61, p=0.022). Lower parental education levels were associated with higher ADHD screening rates (β=0.49, p=0.039) and symptom scores (β=0.60, p=0.022). Teachers with 10-19 years of experience had higher positive screening rates (β=1.26, p=0.005) and symptom scores (β=2.60, p<0.001). The intervention did not affect parenting stress (Z=-1.413, p=0.158).Conclusions: The lecture’s effects were relatively weak, using questionnaires may have facilitated health communication. Individual characteristics of parents and teachers should be considered in assessments (ClinicalTrial.gov ID: NCT05231902).

    Keywords: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), online health education lecture, Health Communication, positive screening rate, parenting stress

    Received: 04 Nov 2024; Accepted: 13 Jan 2025.

    Copyright: © 2025 Tan, Yi, Shen, Peng, Gong, Li and Chen. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Li Chen, Children‘s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

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