F90.0 F90.1
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Patients with ADHD: acustic stimulation of deep sleep, one night at the sleep laboratory. Slow oscillations in the delta sleep phase are detected online and enhanced in amplitude through the
Sponsors
Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und -psychotherapie
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Male
Age
9 Years to 12 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Intelligence in the average range ( IQ : 85-130 ) no short-term memory problems no chronic diseases Patient : No further diagnoses besides ADHD Checks : no psychiatric diagnoses according to ICD - 10 no sleeping disorders
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: under or above average intelligence range ( IQ 130 ) Short-term memory problems chronic diseases Patients : other diagnoses besides ADHD Controls: psychiatric diagnoses according to ICD - 10 sleeping disorders
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Memory performance in declarative and procedural memory task (declarative memory task (paired associates learning task) / motor memory task (serial reaction time task)), measured as memory loss or gain over night , each per night and per subject . Comparison between the two nights ( stimulation and control night ), all parameters also compared between the groups (patients, healthy controls) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| physiological data (sleep parameters): percentage of slow wave sleep (stimulated vs. in non-stimulated night), amplitude of slow oscillations compared between the two nights , sleep spindles , comparing the percentages of the different sleep stages between nights . All parameters also compared between the groups of subjects (patients, healthy controls) | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactAlexander Prehn-Kristensen
Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und -psychotherapieZentrum für Integrative PsychiatrieUniversitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel
Outcome results
None listed