Organizational Skills Training for Children With ADHD (OST)

Region Syddanmark

Status: Unknown

Conditions: ADHD

Treatments: Other: Treatment as usual; Behavioral: Organizational skills training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03160378

55772 S-20160180

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this trial is to investigate the effect of organizational skills training, a parent and child training approach on organizational skills, inattentive symptoms and functional outcome in children age 6-13 years. Half of the participants will receive treatment as usual (TAU) and organizational skills training and the other half will receive TAU.

Full description

Organizational skills training (OST) is a behavioral intervention that has been increasingly used to address difficulties with time management and organization of materials in children with ADHD, that tend to persist despite medication and behavioral treatments. This randomized clinical superiority trial is going to investigate the effect of Organizational Skills Training, a group treatment approach for parents and children. The program is also involving a computerized program, vTime, that will help the children manage time more effectively. A total of 98 children with ADHD aged 6-13 years is expected to be randomized to either intervention or control group in a single blind design. Both groups will receive treatment-as-usual. The intervention group is going to participate in a group training for parents and children for 10 weekly sessions.

Enrollment: 142 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 13 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. ADHD diagnosis after clinical interview K-SADS
2. age between 6-13 years, both inclusive; informed consent.
3. The child has to score at least one standard deviation (SD) above the mean on the Plan/Organize subscale on the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functions (BRIEF) (parent edition) verifying problems with organizational skills.

Exclusion criteria

1. autism spectrum disorder
2. serious psychopathology requiring immediate clinical attention (e.g., severe depression or aggressive behavior)
3. head injury or verified neurological disease
4. intelligence quotient (IQ <80)
5. medical condition, requiring primary treatment
6. no informed consent from custody.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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142 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

The participants in the intervention group will receive treatment as usual + 10 sessions of organizational skills training

Treatment:

Other: Treatment as usual

Behavioral: Organizational skills training

Control

Other group

Description:

Control participants will receive treatment as usual.

Treatment:

Other: Treatment as usual