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Role of Vitamin D in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: F90- Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorders
Registration Number
CTRI/2023/01/048799
Lead Sponsor
Government Medical College and Hospital
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

1. Diagnosis of ADHD as per DSM 5

2. Children between 6- 12 years

3. any gender

4. children with insufficient levels of vitamin D ( >5ng/ml and <20 ng/ml)

5. drug naive patients/ not on ADHD medications for 3 months

6. parents not enrolled in psychoeducation group

Exclusion Criteria

1.Children with history of other comorbid neurodevelopment disorder, specific learning disorders and any other psychiatric comorbidity like oppositional defiant disorder, intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, drug abuse, psychotic disorder, mood disorders

2.Children with history of head trauma, encephalitis, meningitis in the past 12 months, neurological diseases like epilepsy, stroke, encephalopathy

3.Children with any chronic medical conditions such as severe malnourishment, diabetes mellitus, or on medications for the same.

4.Children with severe Vitamin D deficiency ( <5ng/ml)

5.History of toxicity with vitamin D ( >100ng/ml)

6.Use of Vitamin D in the past 3 months

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Behavioural functions, Executive Functions. Response to treatment will be defined as a 25 percent improvement on symptoms on standard scalesTimepoint: time point will be 3 months <br/ ><br>Investigator will use scales like VADPRS, Aberrant behaviour checklist, Trail A , trail B , Single letter cancellation test
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
correlation of ADHD with sociodemographic profile, daily intake of dairy products, daily exposure of sunlightTimepoint: time points will be 3 months
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