Working Memory (WM) training: A randomised controlled treatment study in young ADHD children.

Completed

• Conditions: ADHD; attention disorder; 10009841

• Registration Number: NL-OMON32875
• Lead Sponsor: niversitair Medisch Centrum Sint Radboud

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2014-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 6 May 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 51

Inclusion Criteria

Age between 4 years/6 months and 7 years/4 months
Diagnosis ADHD, classified by the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 2000)
A full scale IQ > 80 ;Psychopharmaca- naïve or -free;Access to a PC with Windows Vista or Windows XP with internet connection and speakers at home

Exclusion Criteria

Currently intensive (i.e. weekly) individual or group psychotherapy
Regular use of other medication
Comorbid psychiatric disorders other than Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS).
Neurological disorders (e.g. epilepsy) currently or in the past
Cardiovascular disease currently or in the past
Serious motor or perceptual handicap
Participation in another clinical trial simultaneously
Educational level and/ or socio-economic situation that makes it unlikely for the family to fulfil this study

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Main study parameter/endpoint: ADHD-DSM-IV rating scale rated by the<br /><br>investigator.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p> Neurocognitive functioning in young children with ADHD<br /><br>Neural functioning in young children with ADHD</p><br>