Behavioral Intervention for Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD)

Min Chen

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 1

Conditions: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: A randomized controlled study of Executive Function training for children with ADHD

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02327585

2011-4024-04

Details and patient eligibility

About

ADHD children have executive function (EF) impairments,so we randomize the children to the training or a waitlist to improve EF ,adding contingent reinforcement to ascertain whether EF deficits are amenable to the training in children with ADHD.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• clinical diagnosis of child ADHD
• full-scale intelligence quotient (FSIQ) ≥70
• stable on medication for ADHD children at least 3 months

Exclusion criteria

• individuals with major neurological disorders
• a diagnosis of schizophrenia, epilepsy, mental retardation or other brain disorders

Trial design

80 participants in 1 patient group

Executive function training

Experimental group

Description:

Children diagnosis of ADHD are randomized to the experimental condition(Executive Function training) or waiting group experimental:participants will receive 12 sessions of executive function training weekly no intervention :waiting participants will not be treated with executive function therapy and keep waiting for 12 weeks for comparison

Treatment:

Behavioral: A randomized controlled study of Executive Function training for children with ADHD