OBJECTIVE The aim of this South African study was to explore parents' experiences of living with a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). METHODS A qualitative research design was followed. Purposive sampling was used to select ten parents living with children diagnosed with ADHD receiving outpatient treatment at a psychiatric facility. Data, collected through unstructured individual interviews, were analysed using open coding. Measures to ensure trustworthiness and ethical research practices were applied. RESULTS Five themes emerged: burden of care; emotional effects; social effects; impact of the educational challenges, and attempts to cope with the burden of care. CONCLUSION Parents living with a child with ADHD experience stress as they struggle to cope with the child's symptoms amidst the stigmatising attitudes from family and community members. Parents experience burdensome emotions and impaired social and occupational functioning. Health care practitioners need to take note of the challenges inherent to parenting a child with ADHD in order to provide multi-disciplinary interventions aimed at empowering and supporting parents.

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父母与有注意力缺陷多动障碍的孩子一起生活的挑战。

目的这项南非研究的目的是探讨父母与注意力缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）患儿生活的经历。方法采用定性研究设计。目的抽样用于选择十名父母，其中有被诊断患有多动症的儿童在精神病院接受门诊治疗。通过非结构化个人访谈收集的数据使用开放编码进行了分析。采取了确保可信度和道德研究实践的措施。结果出现了五个主题：照顾负担；情绪影响；社会影响；教育挑战的影响，并试图应付照料负担。结论与患有多动症的孩子一起生活的父母在面对孩子的注意力时会感到压力。在家庭和社区成员的侮辱态度中出现症状。父母会承受沉重的情绪，社交和职业功能受损。卫生保健从业者需要注意对多动症儿童进行育儿所固有的挑战，以便提供旨在增强和支持父母的多学科干预措施。