Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Conditions
Interventions
HD-tDCS group :HD-tDCS real stimulation
Sham group :Sham stimulation
Sponsors
Zhenjiang Mental Health Center (The Fifth People's Hospital of Zhenjiang City)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. ADHD patients who visited the general outpatient department and children's outpatient department of Zhenjiang Mental Health Center between 2022.08 and 2022.12, and were diagnosed and reviewed by senior associate chief physician or chief physician of the department of psychiatry; 2. The subjects who meet the diagnostic criteria of ADHD in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) and the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10); 3. No history of other mental disorders, organic encephalopathy affecting cognitive function or serious organic diseases; 4. Wechsler Child Intelligence Test (WISC) total IQ >= 80; 5. All are Chinese Han population and right-handed.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Contraindications for tDCS treatment: patients with metal device implants (such as cochlear implant, artery clamp, pacemaker, etc.); 2. Have the following serious diseases: history of brain trauma or cerebrovascular accident, patients with intracranial hypertension, skull defect, epilepsy and other serious neurological, circulatory, endocrine and other physical diseases; 3. Have audio-visual impairment and color blindness, color weakness or narrow Angle glaucoma; 4. Comorbidities of substance abuse/dependence, mental retardation, personality disorders, autism, tourette disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder; 5. Those who had used any medication (methylphenidate, tomoxetine, etc.) in the past to treat ADHD, or received other brain stimulation (transcranial magnetic stimulation, electroconvulsive shock, etc.).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Trail Making Test, TMT;N-Back;Flanker;Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, WCST;Swanson, Nolan and Pelham-IV Rating Scale;Parent Symptom Questionnaire, PSQ;Integrated Visual and Auditory Continuous Performance Test, IVA-CPT;Stroop Color and Word Test;Tower of Hanoi, TOH; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactYichao Wang
Zhenjiang Mental Health Center (The Fifth People's Hospital of Zhenjiang City) /Affiliated Mental Health Center & Hangzhou Seventh People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
Outcome results
None listed