Investigation of the Effects of Neurocognitive Exercise Program in Symptom Severity and Executive Functions in Children With Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 14
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Stroop color-word test
研究概览
简要总结
The effects of Neurocognitive Exercise Program (NEP) on ADHD symptoms and executive functions in children with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) will be investigated using The Conners parent rating scale-revised short (CPRS-RS), Stroop Test, Wisconsin test and Y-Balance test.
详细描述
The effects of Neurocognitive Exercise Program (NEP) on ADHD symptoms and executive functions in children with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) will be investigated.
Material and Methods
Twenty-nine boys (14 ADHD, 15 Healthy Controls) between 7 and 13 years of age will be recruited in the study and The Conners parent rating scale-revised short (CPRS-RS), Stroop Test, Wisconsin test and Y-Balance test will be performed . All tests and measurements will be performed for ADHD group before NEP, after NEP, 6 months and 12 months. The control group will be evaluated only once.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
盲法说明
The investigator who performed the outcome measures were blind to the groups, and did not know if the participant was actually a healthy control, or a patient with ADHD.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 7 Years 至 13 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Children between 7-13 years old
- •Diagnosis of ADHD given by an experienced child psychiatrist based on the 5th edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (American Psychiatric Association, 2013)
排除标准
- •Presence of anxiety,
- •Presence of depression,
- •Presence of learning disability,
- •Presence of intellectual disability,
- •Presence of visual impairment,
- •Presence of musculoskeletal or neurological disorders that may directly affect motor skill and cognition
研究组 & 干预措施
Neurocognitive Exercise Program Group
The group received NEP for 10 weeks, one hour per week conducted by the same physiotherapist with 6 years of experience in this field. Children with ADHD were given home exercises for the other six days of the week without a NEP session. Home exercises were followed with an exercise diary under the control of children's parents. The home exercise program consisted of visual-motor and auditory-motor coordination tasks (daily 15 min).
干预措施: Neurocognitive Exercise Program (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Stroop color-word test
时间窗: 12 months
The Stroop Color-Word Test is a color-word task assessing executive function involving processing speed, concentration, and attention (Stroop, 1935). Stroop Test was applied in five sections. These sections and related cards are as follows in their application order: (1) The card with the color names printed in black (1st card), (2) the card with the color names printed in different colors (2nd card), (3) the card with the colored printed circles (3rd card), (4) in the card with neutral words without the color name (4th Card), (5) The section where the colors of the words in the 2nd Card are spelled, with the names of colors printed in different colors. Stroop test gives information about many cognitive processes such as selective attention, focused attention, response inhibition, interference control, and information processing speed.
Conners parent rating scale-revised short (CPRS-RS)
时间窗: 12 months
CPRS-RS is a 27-item scale that determines the severity of ADHD. The items consist of three sub-scales (Disagree-QA, Cognitive Problems-Inattention CP-I, Hyperactivity-HI) and an auxiliary scale (ADHD Index). The questions are answered by the parents on a four-point Likert scale. "Never", "rarely", "often" and "always" options are scored as "0", "1", "2" and "3" respectively
次要结局
- Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST)(12 months)
- Y-Balance test(12 months)
研究者
Ezgi Karagoz Tanigor M.D.
Researcher
Dokuz Eylul University