Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: Twenty-five boys diagnosed with ADHD who had not received any psychotropic drugs for at least one month. After performing emotional stroop test and affective go no
Sponsors
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Male
Age
8 Years to 12 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Age between 8 to 12 years History of not taking psychotropic drug in a recent month, In the group of ADHD participants: Diagnosis of ADHD based on interview and history and K-SADS and Conners Parent Questionnaire, conducted by a psychiatrist
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: IQ based on Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) 4, below 70 In the group of participants Typical development: the presence of any psychiatric disorder or medical illness, which prevents them from participating in the test or causes changes in attention or mood changes in them, based on taking a history and interview and K-SADS and Conners Parent Questionnaire, performed by a psychiatrist In the group of ADHD participants: the presence of other psychiatric disorders comorbid with ADHD (except oppositional defiant disorder) or the presence of any medical illness that prevents participants from participating in the test or causes a change in attention or mood changes in them The child's unwillingness to participate in the study or the guardian's dissatisfaction with the child's participation in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1.Mean reaction time in Affective go no go test. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study and 6 weeks after starting Ritalin in the ADHD group. Method of measurement: Affective go no go test computer software.;2. Mean reaction time in emotional stroop test. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study and 6 weeks after starting Ritalin in the ADHD group. Method of measurement: Emotional stroop test computer software.;3.Affective go/no go commission error. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study and 6 weeks after starting Ritalin in the ADHD group. Method of measurement: Affective go no go test computer software.;4.Affective go/no go omission error. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study and 6 weeks after starting Ritalin in the ADHD group. Method of measurement: Affective go no go test computer software.;5.Emotional stroop test commission error. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study and 6 weeks after starting Ritalin in the ADHD group. Method of measurement: Emotional stroop test computer software.;6.Emotional Stroop test omission error. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study and 6 weeks after starting Ritalin in the ADHD group. Method of measurement: Emotional stroop test computer software. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactArghavan Fariborzifar
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed