Extra Time on Brazilian College Level Exam for Students With and Without ADHD

Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Status: Completed

Conditions: Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity

Treatments: Behavioral: Extended time 50%; Behavioral: Extended time 25%

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06063382

2022-0458

64785722.0.0000.5327 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Standardized tests such as the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and the brazilian National High School Exam (ENEM) give more time for students with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders (ADHD) to complete the exam. The goal of this study is to find out if giving students with ADHD more time on tests actually helps them. Additionally, the research aims to find out if more time helps students without ADHD too or not, or even if it only helps students with certain traits.

Full description

Initially, the participants of this study will fill out forms and questionnaires online. Then, they will go through a psychiatric evaluation, where they will talk to a psychiatrist, and neuropsychological testing, where they will do some mental activities. Later on, they will do a mock test of the ENEM, with and without extra time.

Enrollment: 103 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Brazilian citizen;
• Planing to participate in college-entry standardized tests (ENEM, Vestibulares);

Exclusion criteria

• Medical condition and/or disability that may hinder the neuropsychological testing;
• Intelligence Quotient (IQ) lower than 80;
• Psychotic disorders, bipolar disorders, current moderate or severe depressive episode, suicide risk, autism spectrum disorders, learning disabilities.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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103 participants in 2 patient groups

ADHD group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants with Attention Deficit Disorder/Hyperactivity (ADHD) diagnosis who will take three equivalent academic exams, having 40 minutes (standard time), 50 minutes (25% increase) and 60 minutes (50% increase) to complete the exam.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Extended time 25%

Behavioral: Extended time 50%

Control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants without Attention Deficit Disorder/Hyperactivity (ADHD) diagnosis who will take three equivalent academic exams, having 40 minutes (standard time), 50 minutes (25% increase) and 60 minutes (50% increase) to complete the exam.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Extended time 25%

Behavioral: Extended time 50%