Research into the effects of memory training on behavior and cognitive performance of ADHD children.
Completed
- Conditions
- ADHD10009841
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON35022
- Lead Sponsor
- niversiteit Maastricht
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 96
Inclusion Criteria
-DSM-Iv diagnosis of ADHD (combined or inattentive type)
-IQ above 80
-age between 8-12 years
-no comorbidity (except ODD and CD that occur a lot)
Exclusion Criteria
-medication use shorter than 7 weeks
-IQ below 80
-No diagnoses of ADHD
-comorbiditeit (ODD and CD is allowed)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The expectation is that both trainings will increase working memory capacity<br /><br>(in comparison to in the control group). Working memory capacity will be<br /><br>measured with different verbal and visuo-spatial working memory tasks before<br /><br>and at two times after the training. These tests are established tests for<br /><br>which norms are available (Kaufman & Kaufman, 1983). </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>secundary effects of the two trainings will be investigated on 1) ADHD-symptoms<br /><br>(questionnaire filled in by the parents;AVL; Scholte et al, 2001), 2) executive<br /><br>funtioning (questionnaire filled in by parents abnd teachers; BRIEF, Smidts &<br /><br>Huizinga, 2009), 3) academic performance (as judged by teacher) and 4) an<br /><br>attention test executed by the children themselves (D2-Brickenkamp). This is<br /><br>done by comparing pre-post test scores after training with those of the control<br /><br>training and between both trainings. The expectation is that these secundary<br /><br>effects will be largest in the training in which more complex memory strategies<br /><br>are learned. </p><br>