Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of ADHD in a group of parents of children with ADHD compared with the general population. To compare academic level, unemployment aid rate and marital separations/divorce of this parents sample. Methodology: The experimental group was formed by the parents of 60 children with ADHD. The control group was formed by the parents of 60 healthy children. To assess the retrospective and current ADHD symptomatology among the parents of the sample the Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS) and the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder-rating scale (ADHD.rs) were used. Also, the Hollingshead Four-Factor Index of Socioeconomic status (SES-Child) was used. Results: 20.33% of the mothers in the case group met criteria for a retrospective diagnosis of ADHD, while none of the control group mothers met criteria (p < .01). Regarding fathers, there was a retrospective ADHD diagnosis in 25% of the case group compared to 10% in the control group (p < .01). In terms of the current symptoms, 25.42% of the mothers and 21.43% of fathers in the case group met diagnostic criteria for probable ADHD compared to 1.67% in the control group (p < .01 in both genders). Parents in the case group had a lower academic level (p < .01), received more unemployment aid (p = .02) and reported a higher rate of marital separation or divorce (p = .02). Conclusions: Parents of children with ADHD have a higher incidence of retrospective and current ADHD diagnosis and they also present worse socioeconomic factors.

目的：评估多动症儿童父母与一般人群相比多动症的患病率。为了比较该父母样本的学业水平，失业援助率和婚姻分离/离婚。方法：实验组由60名多动症儿童的父母组成。对照组由60名健康儿童的父母组成。为了评估样本父母之间的回顾性和当前的ADHD症状，使用了Wender犹他评定量表（WURS）和注意缺陷多动障碍评定量表（ADHD.rs）。此外，还使用了社会经济地位的霍林斯黑德四要素指数（SES-儿童）。结果：病例组中20.33％的母亲符合多动症回顾性诊断标准，而对照组母亲均不符合标准（p <.01）。对于父亲，病例组中有25％进行了回顾性多动症诊断，而对照组为10％（p <.01）。就目前的症状而言，病例组中有25.42％的母亲和21.43％的父亲达到了可能的ADHD的诊断标准，而对照组为1.67％（男女均p <0.01）。病例组的父母学历较低（p <.01），获得了更多的失业救济（p = .02），并且报告了更高的婚姻分离率或离婚率（p = .02）。结论：多动症儿童的父母回顾性和当前多动症诊断的发生率较高，并且其社会经济因素也较差。