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.
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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
100
Intervention programs include executive function training for children with ADHD and parenting guidance for parents
Outpatient routine health education, behavioral guidance and family support
Xinhua Hospital
Shanghai, China
RECRUITINGADHD core symptoms
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)
Time frame: 12 weeks after baseline
Executive function-Inhibition
The executive function inhibition is assessed by NEPSY-II task Status (ST) with the higher the score is, the better the function.
Time frame: 12 weeks after baseline
Executive function-working memory
The executive function working memory is assessed by NEPSY-II task memory design (MD) with the higher the score is, the better the function.
Time frame: 12 weeks after baseline
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