Caregiving is a complex activity, the physical, emotional, and psychological health of children, as well as their family and the community at large. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is linked to problems with family functioning, problems in the parent-child bond, worse parenting efficacy, and higher levels of parental stress.

Objective:

To evaluate the effect of Psychological intervention on stress among mothers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

A Quasi-experimental (two group’s pretest- posttest) study was conducted at Developmental OPD of Public Sector Tertiary Care Hospital Lahore Punjab. The study participants were mothers of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity disorder. A sample of n=45 participants in each intervention and control group was recruited. A validated questionnaire of Mothers stress Index scale consisted of 36 items was used.

Data were collected and entered into SPSS version 21 for analysis. Majority of the mothers were aged 26-30, with 52.2% having a family size of 3-6 persons and 47.7% having more than 6 persons in family. The pre intervention mean ranks of mothers stress was (52.73) which significantly decrease after intervention (23.31) (p value 0.000). Also it was found in control group that the pre assessment mean ranks were (38.27) which significantly increase in post assessment (67.69) (p value 0.08).

Conclusion:

          It can be concluded that there is an effect of psychological intervention on stress in mothers of children with ADHD.

Key words: Attention deficit hyperactivity, mothers stress reduction, Children