Evaluation of the effects of the meditation practices on attention and mood of adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)F03.550.150.150
- Registration Number
- RBR-8dmcnj
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Federal de São Paulo
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Data analysis completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Individuals of both sexes, aged between 18 and 40 years, which have Portuguese as their first language, with high school education, normal vision or corrected to normal and normal hearing. The patients with ADHD are diagnosed by their doctors, they should be taking stable doses of methylphenidate (for at least a month) for their disorder as prescribed by their doctors.
Exclusion Criteria
The volunteers with neurological and psychiatric disorders such as psychosis, obsessive-compulsive disorder or Tourette's syndrome, and volunteers with prior experience with meditation.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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