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Conditions
Brief summary
Background and purpose: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a neurodevelopmental disorder, which has relatively high prevalence and incidence of comorbidity among children. Medication is usually the first-line treatment for ADHD; however, the adverse effects of medication may cause other medical issues. Healthy lifestyle pattern (diet, physical activities, reducing screening time) may ameliorate disease severity. To discover suitable interventions, comprehensive investigations of lifestyle patterns will be conducted in both western and eastern countries among primary school children with or without ADHD. The aims of present studies are: to compare the lifestyle patterns in children with ADHD and typically developing children, to determine cultural differences of children with ADHD in western and eastern countries, and to develop a suitable lifestyle modification program for children with ADHD. Methods: The first phase of this study will investigate the lifestyle patterns in Australian and Taiwanese children with or without ADHD. All participants and their parents will be given a series of questionnaires to examine: dietary pattern, physical activity, sleep quality, screening time, demographic data, disease severity, and pressure of their caregiver. These data will be using multiple regression methods to determine the best predictors of the symptoms of ADHD.
Interventions
Once the participants (parents/caregivers) sign the consent form, a series of questionnaires that investigate their demographic data: gender, date of birth, height, weight, past medical history, taking medication daily or not to all children. Their caregiver will also be given a questionnaire to retrieve their relationship status, age, education level, annual income, and pressure scale. Children with ADHD will be diagnosed within DSM-V or previous version by experienced paediatric psychiatrists
Once the participants (parents/caregivers) sign the consent form, a series of questionnaires that investigate their demographic data: gender, date of birth, height, weight, past medical history, taking medication daily or not to all children. Their caregiver will also be given a questionnaire to retrieve their relationship status, age, education level, annual income, and pressure scale. Children with ADHD will be diagnosed within DSM-V or previous version by experienced paediatric psychiatrists in Australia. On-line survey link will be given to parents/caregivers of children to report lifestyle pattern which will consist: children diet quality with food frequency questionnaire; levels of physical activity in weekly with Children's Leisure Activities Study Survey-Parent Questionnaire (CLASS); sleep quality that will complete by their caregivers with Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire, CSHQ; children self-reported weekly screening time (smart phone, tablets, laptop, television, e-Reader) and how much they will spend on these devices before one-hour bedtime. And children with ADHD will use Child Behaviour Checklist to assess the disease severity in children with ADHD.
Sponsors
RMIT University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 99 No limit
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
1. Parents/caregivers of children 8-12 years old 2. Children with ADHD will have had a diagnosis of ADHD made by a health professional by parents/caregivers reported.
Exclusion criteria
1. Children with a current history of intellectual disability which means their intelligence quotient belows 70, that will cause significantly differences in their behaviours. This will be determined by self-report with the screening question at the beginning of online survey: "Has your child been formally diagnosed by a mental health practitioner (e.g., psychologist or psychiatrist) as having an intellectual disability?" 2. Children with a past history of seizure which will cause significantly differences in their behaviours. This will be determined by self-report with the screening question at the beginning of online survey: "Has your child experienced the seizure in past year?" This change is under full discussion.
Outcome results
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