The Effects of Computerized Cognitive Training on Executive Function in Children in Hong Kong
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 180
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Executive Functiong - Conners Continuous Performance Test 3rd Edition (CPT 3)
研究概览
简要总结
This study aims to address these gaps by conducting a comprehensive evaluation of the effects of CogniFit training in children. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of CogniFit training on executive functions among primary school students in Hong Kong.
Specific objectives include:
- To assess the effectiveness of CogniFit training on improving executive functions, such as working memory, attention, and inhibitory control in children compared to a waitlist control group.
- To assess the effectiveness of CogniFit training on improving executive functions, such as working memory, attention, and inhibitory control in children compared to an active control group that will receive Cogmed training.
Participants will be randomly assigned to one of three groups: 1) the CogniFit training group; 2) the Cogmed Group, and 3) the wailist controlled group.
Participants in the two computerized cognitive training groups (CogniFit/Cogmed Group) will receive training in the first phase of intervention, while the waitlist control group will CogniFit trainings in the second phase of intervention.
Participants who receive the computerized cognitive training will complete 24 sessions of training, 15-20 minutes each, conducted three times per week spanning 8 weeks. These programs comprise a range of game-like exercises targeting various cognitive skills, including working memory, attention, and inhibitory control, with automatic level advancement after each exercise.
To investigate the intervention effectiveness, children will be asked to complete a set of cognitive tests covering inhibitory control, attention, and working memory prior to the intervention (i.e., Time 1), immediately after the 8-week training (i.e., Time 2), and 2 months after the training (i.e., Time 3, a 2-month follow up). The assessment will take around 1 hour and it will be conducted at participants' schools. Also, parents will be asked to complete a questionnaire assessing children's behaviours at home and schools at 3 time points.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 6 Years 至 12 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Children aged 6- 12
- •Studying in Grade 1 to 6 in mainstream primary schools in Hong Kong
排除标准
- •Inability to answer the first five questions in Raven's Progressive Matrices
- •Hearing, visual, or physical impairments that might hinder participation in the training and assessment activities
- •Current participation in a computerized cognitive treatment
结局指标
主要结局
Executive Functiong - Conners Continuous Performance Test 3rd Edition (CPT 3)
时间窗: Delayed Post-intervention Assessment (a 2-month follow up after the completion of the intervention)
A standardized computerized test on sustained attention and inhibitory control
Executive Function - Number subtest of Children's Memory Scale (CMS)
时间窗: Delayed Post-intervention Assessment (a 2-month follow up after the completion of the intervention)
A verbal working memory test using digit span, with a higher score indicating a higher level of verbal working memory. The total score of this test ranges from 0 to 30.
次要结局
- Behavioural ratings on children's executive functions(Delayed Post-intervention Assessment (a 2-month follow up after the completion of the intervention))
研究者
Dr. Kathy Shum
Associate Professor
The University of Hong Kong