A comparative study: quality of life, self-competence, and self-liking among the caregivers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and other non-ADHD children

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 5 Relation between QOL, self-competence, and self-liking of caregivers of ADHD children and their socio-demographic characters (n = 108)

Variables	No	QOL (n = 108)				Self-competence (n = 108)				Self-liking (n = 108)
		Fair		Poor		Fair		Poor		Good		Fair		Poor
		No	%	No	%	No	%	No	%	No	%	No	%	No	%
Age per year
≤ 30	27	14	51.85	13	48.15	23	85.19	4	14.81	6	22.22	16	59.26	5	18.52
> 30–40	46	13	28.26	33	71.74	38	82.61	8	17.39	8	17.39	32	69.57	6	13.04
> 40	35	9	25.71	26	74.29	30	85.71	5	14.29	1	2.86	29	82.86	5	14.29
χ² (p value)		5.6 (0.06)				0.17 (0.92)				6.4 (0.17)
Sex
Female	26	12	46.15	14	53.8570.73	25	96.15	1	3.8519.51	4	15.38	21	80.77	1	3.85
Male	82	24	29.27	58		66	80.49	16		11	13.41	56	68.29	15	18.29
χ² (p value)		2.5 (0.11)				3.6 (0.056)				1.2 (0.27)
Marital status
Married	81	25	30.86	56	69.1459.26	70	86.4277.78	11	13.5822.22	13	16.05	59	72.84	9	11.11
Others	27	11	40.74	16		21		6		2	7.41	18	66.67	7	25.93
χ² (p value)		0.89 (0.35)				1.14 (0.29)				4.2 (0.12)
Education
Diploma	35	13	28.89	32	.71.11	35	77.78	10	22.22	7	15.56	28	62.22	10	22.22
Bachelors	53	19	35.85	34	64.15	46	86.79	7	13.21	8	15.10	39	73.58	6	11.32
Post-graduate	10	4	40.00	6	60.00	10	100.0	0	0.00	0	.00	10	100.00	0	.00
χ² (p value)		0.75 (0.69)				9.6 (0.048)				6.8 (0.14)
Occupation
Employee	63	16	25.40	4725	74.60	5833	92.0673.33	5	7.94	3	4.76	5423	85.71	6	9.52
Non-working	45	20	44.44		55.56			12	26.67	12	26.67		51.11	10	22.22
χ² (p value)		4.3 (0.038)				6.9 (0.008)				16.3(0.0001)
Medical history of diseases
No	74	31	41.89	43	58.1185.29	67	90.5470.59	7	9.46	15	20.27	52	70.27	7	9.46
Yes	34	5	14.71	29		24		10	29.41	0	.00	25	73.53	9	26.47
χ² (p value)		7.7 (0.005)				7 (0.008)				11.5 (0.003)