ADHD, school-aged children, intervention, videogame
Conditions
Interventions
1.Children of special education schools between the ages of 6-12 with elevated ADHD symptoms are randomly assigned to the intervention or control condition.
2. Children in the intervention condition
Sponsors
Radboud University Nijmegen, Behavioural Science Institute
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Children of special education schools between the ages of 6-12; 2. Screening participation: passive consent from parents; 3. Elevated ADHD symptoms. Participants with a subclinical to clinical score on the teacher-rated AVL (Scholte & Ploeg, 2005), which is 36 or above, will be included; 4. After screening: active consent from parents
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: No passive or active consent from adolescents and parents
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Pre-Post Scores on the neuro-psychological tasks assessing: -Selective attention & Impulsivity (Go-No-Go task) -Motor inhibition (Statue sub-test of the NEPSY; Korkman, Kirk, & Kemp, 1998) -Motor skills (MOVEMENT ABC-2 NL; Smits-Engelsman, 2010) 2. Pre-post scores on the AVL questionnaire assessing teacher-observed ADHD symptoms (Scholte & Ploeg, 2005). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. In-game improvement using data saved in the game e.g. duration of play, correct-incorrect responses and response times. 2. Game evaluation; how much they liked the game, how difficult the game was to them, whether they felt they learned something, and whether they would recommend it. | — |
Outcome results
None listed