Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in adults Mental and Behavioural Disorders Attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity
Conditions
Interventions
Goal Management Training is a manualized, group-based intervention. This is an approach to cognitive rehabilitation aimed directly at improving inhibitory control and executive functioning by teaching
Sponsors
University of Bergen
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. A clinical diagnosis of ADHD 2. Aged =18 years
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Current or lifetime psychotic disorder 2. Ongoing alcohol or substance use disorder 3. severe psychiatric illness (i.e. moderate to severe suicidality, severe depression, severe social anxiety preventing participation in group sessions) 4. Full scale intelligence quotient <80
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| At baseline, within two weeks of completion of the intervention and six months after completion: 1. Inhibitory control measured using the third and fourth conditions of the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System: Color-Word Interference Test 2. Inhibitory control measured using the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System: Tower Test | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Assessed at baseline, post-intervention and at follow-up six months after completion of the intervention: 1. ADHD symptoms measured with the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale, 18 item version (ASRS) 2. Working memory capacity measured with the Letter-Number Sequencing task from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – 4th edition and the Spatial span from the Wechsler Memory Scale – 3rd edition 3. Processing speed measured with the fourth condition of the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System: Trail Making Test 4. Attentional control measured with the Attention Network Test, revised version 5. An analogue to real-life problem solving measured using the Hotel task 6. Self-reported everyday executive functioning measured with the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functions (BRIEF-A) 7. Self-reported everyday cognitive functioning measured with the Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ) 8. Emotional regulation and -distress measured with the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II) and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) 9. Motivational regulation measured with the Quick Delay Questionnaire (QDQ) 10. Quality of life measured with the Adult ADHD Quality of Life Questionnaire (AAQoL) 11. Heart rate variability measured with electrocardiography (ECG) in a resting condition. The Biopack system will be used to register heart rate and subsequently HRV will be analyzed with Kubios version 2.0 | — |
Countries
Norway
Contacts
Public ContactDaniel André Jensen
Outcome results
None listed