Quality of life in parents of children with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder in Hong Kong

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 731-738

  Xiang, Yu Tao ^a,b,c   Luk, Ernest ^a   Lai, Kelly ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHATIN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; China; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRENGTH AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE; STRENGTH AND WEAKNESSES OF ADHD SYMPTOMS AND NORMAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 68549099831     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670903001968     Document Type: Article

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