Home-Based Executive Function Training Intervention For Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder-prone Children

April 22, 2025 updated by: Wuhan Mental Health Centre
This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of a home-based executive function training Intervention on children's ADHD symptoms, executive function and parents' parenting stress.

Study Overview

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

100

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 1.SNAP-IV scale, inattention or hyperactivity-impulsivity scale score > 1.2
  • 2.Parents who could understand or lacking of access to computers and the Internet
  • 3.Parents can commit to ensuring full participation and complete the training and test evaluations in full compliance with the researcher's requirements
  • 4.Children and their parents consent to the study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • 1.Children or parents with severe organic encephalopathy and other severe mental disorders
  • 2.Parents or children are receiving ADHD-related behavioral treatment
  • 3.Parents or children who dropped out before the study started or in the middle of the study

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention group
Parents receive a 2-week, 20-session online child executive function training program, delivered by a systematically trained and supervised therapist.
After the postintervention data collection, parents in the waitlist group receive a 2-week, 20-session online child executive function training program, delivered by a systematically trained and supervised therapist.
Other: Waitlist group
Parents receive a 2-week, 20-session online child executive function training program, delivered by a systematically trained and supervised therapist.
After the postintervention data collection, parents in the waitlist group receive a 2-week, 20-session online child executive function training program, delivered by a systematically trained and supervised therapist.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
1.Chinese version of Swan-son Nolan and Pelham, Version IV Scale-parent form (SNAP-IV)
Time Frame: Baseline, 1 month after intervention, 2 months after intervention
This questionnaire is used to evaluate the children's ADHD symptoms.
Baseline, 1 month after intervention, 2 months after intervention
2.Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF)
Time Frame: Baseline, 1 month after intervention, 2 months after intervention
This questionnaire is used to evaluate the children's executive function.
Baseline, 1 month after intervention, 2 months after intervention
3.Parenting Stress Index-Short Form (PSI-SF)
Time Frame: Baseline, 1 month after intervention, 2 months after intervention
This questionnaire is used to evaluate the parents' parenting stress.
Baseline, 1 month after intervention, 2 months after intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
4.Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ)
Time Frame: Baseline, 1 month after intervention, 2 months after intervention
This questionnaire is used to evaluate the parents' satisfaction with the intervention.
Baseline, 1 month after intervention, 2 months after intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

May 1, 2025

Primary Completion (Estimated)

September 1, 2025

Study Completion (Estimated)

September 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 22, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 22, 2025

First Posted (Actual)

April 30, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 30, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 22, 2025

Last Verified

April 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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