Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Conditions
Sponsors
The D. H. Chen Foundation, Hong Kong SAR
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
8 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Participants will include children and one parent of each child. However, the other parent of the same child is also welcome to participate in the mindfulness course but only their course attendance will be recorded to reduce the burden of the participating families. The inclusion criteria will be: 1) children aged 8 to 18 years with psychiatrist or psychologist diagnosed ADHD according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - 5 (DSM-5) diagnostic criteria; and 2) with normal intellectual ability such that they can understand the materials delivered in MYmind and that they can complete home practice each week; and 3) children either not taking any medication or taking a stable dosage of the same medication for ADHD for at least 3 months prior to study enrolment and having no plan for changing medication during the study period.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: The exclusion criteria of children and parents will be: 1) being unable to communicate and understand Chinese language as the intervention will be conducted in Chinese; 2) the child having comorbid conduct/behavior problems which are so severe that, during intake, the interaction between parent and assessor is interrupted by the child within 2 minutes, which makes it impossible for the child to participate in a group training. Instructions of this criterion are adapted from the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) and will be provided to the assessor to facilitate to examine whether the child may be or may not be able to participate in a group training in addition to the clinicians expertise; 3) having a medical or mental health condition rendering him/her to be incapable of participating in the study; and 4) previous participation in mindfulness-based training.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The attention score of the subtest Sky Search of TEA-Ch (for children); | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Creature Counting, Opposite Worlds, and Code Transmission subtests of TEA-Ch (for children);Child attention network test (ANT) (for children);The Strengths and Weaknesses of ADHD Symptoms and Normal Behaviours (SWAN) Rating Scale (for children);The Eyberg Child Behaviour Inventory (ECBI) (for children);The Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM) (for children);WHO-5 Well-being Index (WHO-5) (for children and parents);Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM);The Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL);Family APGAR index;Health service utilization (for children and parents);Parenting Stress Index (PSI) (for parents);Rumination Response Scale (RRS) short form (for parents);Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS); | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactProf. Samuel Yeung Shan WONG
4/F, School of Public Health and Primary Care, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China
Outcome results
None listed