Virtual Reality in Rehabilitation of Executive Functions in Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
NCT ID: NCT06123741
Last Updated: 2025-09-05
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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
NA
88 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2024-01-10
2025-12-31
Brief Summary
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The major aim of this research project is to develop a novel effective VR rehabilitation method for children with deficits in attention, activity control and executive functions by using the virtual environment that corresponds to the typical everyday life. In this randomized control study VR glasses are used to present the tasks, and the levels of difficulty are adjusted according to the child's progress.
Researchers expect that; 1) Intensive training improves the attention regulation, activity control skills and executive functions of the children in the intervention group; 2) Training of executive skills with motivating tasks in a virtual environment that is built to meet challenging everyday situations transfers to the child's everyday life, 3) The duration of the training effect does not depend on the success of the VR training itself, but on how well the child adopts new strategies that make everyday life easier and how the parent is able to support the child's positive behaviour in everyday life.
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Parental Guidance+Virtual Reality Game
Parental Guidance
Parents get guidance for children's positive behaviour support by using parts of Self-Help Program on the MentalHub.fi (in Finnish: Mielenterveystalo.fi) website regarding children's challenging behaviour (in Finnish: Lasten haastavan käytöksen omahoito-ohjelma) .
Virtual Reality Game
Virtual reality game for rehabilitation of attention, activity control and executive functions by using the virtual environment that corresponds to the typical everyday situations at home.
Parental Guidance
Parental Guidance
Parents get guidance for children's positive behaviour support by using parts of Self-Help Program on the MentalHub.fi (in Finnish: Mielenterveystalo.fi) website regarding children's challenging behaviour (in Finnish: Lasten haastavan käytöksen omahoito-ohjelma) .
Virtual Reality Game
Virtual Reality Game
Virtual reality game for rehabilitation of attention, activity control and executive functions by using the virtual environment that corresponds to the typical everyday situations at home.
Control Group
This group implement the rehabilitation plan drawn up in specialized medical care (treatment as usual).
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Parental Guidance
Parents get guidance for children's positive behaviour support by using parts of Self-Help Program on the MentalHub.fi (in Finnish: Mielenterveystalo.fi) website regarding children's challenging behaviour (in Finnish: Lasten haastavan käytöksen omahoito-ohjelma) .
Virtual Reality Game
Virtual reality game for rehabilitation of attention, activity control and executive functions by using the virtual environment that corresponds to the typical everyday situations at home.
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Methylphenidate medication and
* Age 8-12 years and
* Finnish as a native language
Exclusion Criteria
* Epilepsy (ICD-10 G40),
* Mental retardation (ICD-10 F70-F79),
* Pervasive developmental disorders (ICD-10 F84),
* Inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system (ICD-10 G00-G09),
* Severe cerebral palsy syndrome (ICD-10 G80, GMFCS 4-5, MACS 3-5),
* Traumatic brain injury ((ICD-10 S06),
* Brain tumour, and
* Multiple pregnancy
8 Years
12 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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University of Oulu
OTHER
Aalto University
OTHER
University of Helsinki
OTHER
Helsinki University Central Hospital
OTHER
Merja Nikula
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Merja Nikula
Principal investigator
Principal Investigators
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Johanna Uusimaa, MD, PhD
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
Oulu University Hospital
Merja Nikula, M.Psych.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Oulu University Hospital
Mirjami Mäntymaa, MD, PhD
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Oulu University Hospital
Juha Salmitaival, PhD
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
University of Oulu, Finland
Locations
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Oulu University Hospital
Oulu, , Finland
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Other Identifiers
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206/2021
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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