Examining the Impacts of Fidget Technology on Attention in Children With ADHD

NCT ID: NCT05384717

Last Updated: 2022-11-03

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

21 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-04-18

Study Completion Date

2022-09-24

Brief Summary

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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the usage of fidget technology and its effects on attention, working memory, and comprehension in children ages 6-13 with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This study aims to examine the implications of fidget usage 2 different measures of attention; attentional control (working memory domain) and comprehension (recall, encoding, and recognition).

Participants: 6-13 year-old clients at 3-C Family Services, a private mental health clinic in Cary, NC, with a diagnosis of ADHD (Inattentive, Hyperactive, or combined types). Exclusion criteria: participants with an Intelligence Quotient (IQ) below 70 as estimated by referring 3-C clinical staff, or any history of psychosis.

Procedures (methods): This research will use a demographic and background collecting survey to gather relevant data about each participant. Parents will be asked to fill out a baseline ADHD Rating Scale-IV: Home Version (ADHD-RS), to account for their child's symptoms of ADHD over the past 6 months. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of 2 conditions, an experimental group where participants select a fidget, and a control group where participants are not provided a fidget. Fidget options will include a fidget spinner, pop-it, stress ball, and fidget cube as not all children would benefit from the same type of fidget equally. Participants in the experimental group will then be allowed to practice with and familiarize themselves with the fidget for 1 minute to decrease the attentional drain that the fidget may pose in its initial state.

After random assignment to either control or experimental group, participants in each group will then complete the same 2-back version of the N-back Attention Control Task (cognitivefun.net), and a video comprehension multiple choice test. After 3 minutes N-back scores will be recorded including visual correct ratio and visual response time scores. The video comprehension item is adapted from Lee and List, 2019. The video is a Ted Talk titled "The Survival of the Sea Turtle" ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-KmQ6pGxg4). Items in the multiple choice test will be aggregated to a score of percent correctness for each participant. Participants may request to have questions read to them by the research assistant present.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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ADHD

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Fidget group

Participants in the experimental fidget group select a fidget from 4 options: fidget spinner, stress ball, pop-it, or fidget cube

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Fidget Device

Intervention Type OTHER

Fidget spinner, stress ball, pop-it, or fidget cube

Control group

No fidget choice provided

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Control group

Intervention Type OTHER

No intervention

Interventions

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Fidget Device

Fidget spinner, stress ball, pop-it, or fidget cube

Intervention Type OTHER

Control group

No intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Diagnosis of ADHD

Exclusion Criteria

* Psychosis
* IQ under 70
Minimum Eligible Age

6 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

13 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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3-C Family Services

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Jennifer R Persia

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Steven G Buzinski

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Lori A Schweickert

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

3-C Family Services

Locations

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3-C Family Services

Cary, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Lee, Hye Yeon & List, Alexandra. (2019). Processing of texts and videos: A strategy-focused analysis. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. 35. 10.1111/jcal.12328

Reference Type RESULT

Other Identifiers

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22-0531

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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