The Feasibility of a Brief Attention Training Technique in Improving Behaviour and Attention in Children With ADHD
NCT ID: NCT02516917
Last Updated: 2016-10-25
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
13 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2015-08-31
2016-05-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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In the last 10 years, research into the effectiveness of attention training as an intervention for children with ADHD has been increasing. This has tended to follow assumptions that children with the disorder either lack skills in focusing and maintaining their attention and/or have neurological deficits in areas responsible for attention functions. Results have been encouraging, with study participants demonstrating improvements in symptoms and behaviour following a course of attention training. However, the method and length of training has varied across studies.
This study aims to investigate a treatment called the Attention Training Technique (ATT) that approaches attention difficulties in this disorder from a different perspective. Instead of viewing inattention as a result of structural or skills deficits, it posits that children with ADHD have these skills, but are perhaps unaware of the flexibility and control they have over them. This treatment aims to increase this awareness and subsequently improve ratings of attention, behaviour and other areas of executive functioning.
Conditions
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Study Design
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NA
SINGLE_GROUP
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Attention Training Technique (ATT)
Participants will receive 3-5 sessions of the ATT over a period of 3-5 weeks. A set of standardised instructions will be read to each participant and then they will engage in the procedure for a period of 12 minutes. Participants will listen to a set of auditory stimuli and follow the directions of the recording. This will ask them to focus their attention on selected sounds or spatial locations, switch attention between different sounds and locations, before allocating their attention to all sounds simultaneously. Participants will be given a recording of the ATT on a C.D and asked to practice this at least once before the second session.
Attention Training Technique
Interventions
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Attention Training Technique
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Children between the ages of 7 and 11. This age group was selected as previous research on attention training in this population has used this age group
* Children who are currently on a waiting list at a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) or a child psychology service, or being seen by a CAMHS or psychology service for medication review only
* Children who speak fluent English which will ensure they are able to comprehend the tasks instructions adequately.
Exclusion Criteria
* Children with a major neurological illness or acquired central nervous system injury
* Children who at the point of referral have a co-existing diagnosis of an Autistic Spectrum Disorder
* Children who are currently in receipt of another non-pharmacological intervention for ADHD or who are currently taking part in another research trial
7 Years
11 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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University of Manchester
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Adrian Wells
Professor of Clinical and Experimental Psychopathology
Principal Investigators
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Adrian Wells
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Manchester
Locations
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University of Manchester
Manchester, , United Kingdom
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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163562
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id