The impacts of working memory training by ziggurat model on working memory and processing speed in people at level 1 of autism spectrum disorders
- Conditions
- Autism.Childhood autism
- Registration Number
- IRCT2016100530155N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Research Department of Iran University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Participants Suspicious to autism spectrum disorders according to Gilliam Autism Rating Scale - Second Edition (GARS-2) and Wechsler Intelligence Scale Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) will be get a firm diagnosis of autism and IQ above 70; The age range should be between 6 to 16 years; These participant in past or present should not show co existing problems such as epilepsy, metabolic disorders, genetic syndromes (i.e. fragile X), problems with vision, hearing or motor disorders;
Normally developing subjects matched for age and sex of individuals with autism spectrum disorders; Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire should not confirm any difficulties; and Wechsler Intelligence Scale Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) should be approve normal intelligence
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Working memory. Timepoint: at baseline, post treatment, and 2-month after the sessions as a follow-up. Method of measurement: Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales–Fifth Edition (SB5): Memory for Sentences, Last Word. WISC-IV Integrated: Visual Digit Span, Spatial Span Forward, Spatial Span Backward, Letter Span Nonrhyming, Letter Span Rhyming, Letter-Number Sequencing, Arithmetic PA Part A, Arithmetic PA Part B. Leiter International Performance Scale–Revised:Associated Pairs,Forward Memory, Reverse Memory, Spatial memory.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Processing speed. Timepoint: at baseline, post treatment, and 2-month after the sessions as a follow-up. Method of measurement: Processing speed is assessed by subtest in WISC-IV Integrated.