Relationship between Sociodemographic Factors and Caregiver Burden Among Mothers of Elementary School Students with ADHD Symptoms in Surabaya: A Cross-sectional Study

Abstract

Objective: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder among elementary school pupils that comes out in impulsivity, hyperactivity, and inattentiveness. Keeping an eye on children with ADHD may be burdensome for their mothers. This study aimed to perform the assessment of mothers’ burden in caregiving their children with ADHD symptoms who are enrolled as students at Elementary Schools in Surabaya and to reveal its relation with sociodemographic factors. Method: This cross-sectional study was purposively set at two elementary schools in Surabaya within a period of three months. Out of 324 total participants that partook in this study, 36 mothers were eligible as the samples to fill out sociodemographic and Zarit Burden Interview questionnaires. Afterwards, the data underwent quantitative content analysis. Result: Minimum burden to no burden at all were majorly experienced among mothers (63,9%) whilst the rest went through minimum to moderate burden (36,1%). Sociodemographic factors that were all set as variables in this study, which consisted of age (p = 0,723), education (p = 0,722), occupation (p = 0,399), marital status (p = 0,458), and income (p = 0,969) did not show significant relationship with mothers’ burden. Conclusion: Mothers endured burden mainly in minimum to no-burden-at-all level with the results having no significant correlation to sociodemographic factors.