Oligoantigenic diet in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - feasibility and efficacy
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- F90.0Disturbance of activity and attention
- Registration Number
- DRKS00008577
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitätsklinikum Freiburg, Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik im Kindes- und Jugendalter
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
Existing Informed Consent, diagnosis ADHD according to the criteria of the DSM IV and ICD-10, visit mind. of the 2nd class of a general school.
Exclusion Criteria
Heavy neurological or organic comorbidities, which which don´t allow a diet.
Neurological illnesses. Also parents shouldn´t be affected.
Lack of compliance of the parents and/or the children.
Lack of readiness of the teachers.
Lack of reading or writing abilities with the parents and/or children.
No parallel therapy of the ADHD with psychostimulants or other psychiatric drugs.
Patients with special food habits (e.g.: vegetarians, vegans)
No parallel participation in other studies.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Demonstrating the effectiveness of oligoantigenic diet based on the change in ADHD symptoms before and after the diet. Parameters are measured by the ADHD Rating Scale and the parent interview, which will be collected at the time T1 and T2.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Changes in symptoms between T1 and T2, as measured by the following instruments:<br>CPRTS-S (short version Conners sheets for parents)<br>CTRS-S (short version Conners sheets for teachers)<br>CBCL (chield Behaviour Checklist)<br>ILK (instrument for assessing quality of life in children).