@article{สีห์รา_อัจสริยะสิงห์_แจ้งจิตร_พรนภดล_2019, title={Effectiveness of Parent Group Intervention for Reducing Medication Nonadherence in Children with ADHD: A Pilot Study}, volume={64}, url={https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JPAT/article/view/180499}, abstractNote={<p>Objective : To study the effectiveness of parental group intervention for reducing<br>medication nonadherence in children with ADHD.<br>Methodology : A quasi-experimental study was conducted at the child and adolescent<br>outpatient unit, Siriraj Hospital. Subjects were children with newly diagnosed ADHD age<br>6 to 12 years who were treated with immediate-release methylphenidate. Patients in the<br>experimental group received medication plus a parental group intervention which<br>consisted of parental psychoeducation about ADHD and techniques for positive<br>parenting, whereas patients in the control group received standard medication alone.<br>Both groups were followed for 6 months. The primary objective was to measure the<br>percentage of pills taken calculated from pill counts. Secondary objectives included<br>the change in ADHD symptom severity and functional outcome measured by Thai ADHD<br>Screening scale (THASS) and Weiss Functional Impairment Rating Scale (WFIRS).<br>Results : A total of 39 cases completed the study. There was no significant difference<br>between the experimental and control groups in the percentage of pills taken at 6 months<br>(81.8% versus 86.5%, respectively; p = 0.545). The experimental group had a significant<br>reduction in hyperactive/impulsive symptoms compared to controls (percentage of<br>reduction from baseline 35.4% versus 7.4%, respectively; p = 0.019), but no difference<br>in reduction in inattentive symptoms nor functional impairment.<br>Conclusion : The parental group intervention had no significant effect in reducing<br>medication nonadherence. Further studies are needed to follow up long term outcomes<br>in larger samples.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Journal of the Psychiatric Association of Thailand}, author={สีห์รา จินิส and อัจสริยะสิงห์ วัลลภ and แจ้งจิตร ชุติมา and พรนภดล ชาญวิทย์}, year={2019}, month={Mar.}, pages={3–20} }