ADHD
Conditions
Keywords
ADHD, executive function, preschool, intervention, RCT
Brief summary
To explore the effect of executive function family training for preschool children with ADHD, providing early social psychological intervention for aiming the core impairments of ADHD.
Detailed description
100 preschool children with ADHD will be randomly divided into the intervention group and the waiting group. The waiting group received regular clinical intervention, while the intervention group received 12-week training. The intervention program includes executive function training for ADHD children and parenting guidance for parents by two therapists respectively, which were carried out in two meeting rooms in Xinhua Hospital. Therapists are psychiatrists with a background in child psychiatry and psychotherapists with training in ADHD area. After 12 weeks, the improvement of ADHD core symptoms and executive function was compared.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALexecutive function family training
Intervention programs include executive function training for children with ADHD and parenting guidance for parents
BEHAVIORALtreat as usual
Outpatient routine health education, behavioral guidance and family support
Sponsors
Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Masking description
The evaluator was unaware of the subjects' treatment status
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
48 Months to 71 Months
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Meet the diagnostic criteria for preschool ADHD, based on the the DSM-5 criteria by the attending physician or above; * Age 4 months 0 to 5 years 11 months; * Total IQ is above 80 assessed by WPPSI.
Exclusion criteria
* Attention deficit disorders resulting from organic neurological diseases, extensive developmental disorders, mental retardation, childhood schizophrenia, mood disorders, epilepsy, and other organic diseases or other primary mental disorders; * parent or guardian with a serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia, mood disorder (onset), etc., and Educational level is lower than junior middle school; * Participants who failed to attend more than 80% of the intervention sessions (at least 9 sessions).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ADHD core symptoms | 12 weeks after baseline | ADHD core symptoms are assessed by Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham Rating Scale (SNAP), with the score ranged from 0-54 (the higher the socre, the worse the symptoms) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Executive function-Inhibition | 12 weeks after baseline | The executive function inhibition is assessed by NEPSY-II task Status (ST) with the higher the score is, the better the function. |
| Executive function-working memory | 12 weeks after baseline | The executive function working memory is assessed by NEPSY-II task memory design (MD) with the higher the score is, the better the function. |
Countries
China
Contacts
Primary ContactJinsong Zhang, Doctor
Backup ContactLan Shuai, Doctor
Outcome results
None listed