Improving Executive Functioning in Children with ADHD: Training Executive Functions within the Context of a Computer Game.
- Conditions
- ADHD, Executive functioning, EF, Training, treatment, game
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON21912
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Amsterdam
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 90
Inclusion Criteria
Children aged 8 to 12 years with a diagnosis of ADHD combined-type participate. Children are recruited from outpatient mental-healthcare centers. Children that meet the following criteria are included:
1. A prior DSM-IV-TR (American Psychiatric Association, 2000) diagnosis of ADHD combined-type by a child psychologist or psychiatrist;
Exclusion Criteria
If children do not meet the inclusion criteria they are excluded from the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The effect of the interventions will be measured in five different domains:<br /><br>1. EF performance and behavior;<br /><br>2. ADHD characteristics;<br /><br>3. Complex reasoning;<br /><br>4. General problem behavior;<br /><br>5. Motivation. <br><br /><br /><br>Measured immediately after training.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The effect of the interventions will be measured in five different domains:<br /><br>1. EF performance and behavior;<br /><br>2. ADHD characteristics;<br /><br>3. Complex reasoning;<br /><br>4. General problem behavior;<br /><br>5. Motivation. <br><br /><br /><br>Measured at 3 months follow-up.