effectiveness of visual-motor imagery training on attention control performance and academic performance in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Investigating the effectiveness of visual-motor imagery training on attention control performance and academic performance in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Design
Type of semi-experimental study, sample size of 30 people, two parallel groups of 15 people, not blinded
Criteria for entering the research, gender, age, high score in Conner's test
Settings and conduct
Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder based on Connors test, Nikan Non-Government Boys' Primary School
Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
Research population: male students of Nikan Semnan Non-Government Boys' School. Entry criteria for the study were age, high score in tests.
Intervention groups
Intervention group: In this research, 30 students were selected from among the second to fifth elementary school boys and were evaluated using Connors questionnaire and were selected after checking the pre-test results of the students completely randomly in two groups of 15 In the next stage, the experimental group was trained in 7 sessions, and after the end of the sessions, a post-test will be taken from both groups so that the difference between the average scores of the two tests will be calculated and analyzed. The intervention group will be trained according to this list of sessions, the first session: briefing and familiarization session, the second to the sixth session: protocol training, the seventh session: ending the sessions and the post-test. In all these sessions, the control group will not receive any intervention.
Main outcome variables
Outcome variable: attention control performance and academic performance
General information
Reason for update
Acronym
IRCT registration information
IRCT registration number:IRCT20240403061411N1
Registration date:2024-04-21, 1403/02/02
Registration timing:registered_while_recruiting
Last update:2024-04-21, 1403/02/02
Update count:0
Registration date
2024-04-21, 1403/02/02
Registrant information
Name
Zahra Saba kheyabadi
Name of organization / entity
Country
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Phone
+98 23 3344 9460
Email address
nafaspashemine@gmail.com
Recruitment status
Recruitment complete
Funding source
Expected recruitment start date
2024-04-20, 1403/02/01
Expected recruitment end date
2024-05-19, 1403/02/30
Actual recruitment start date
empty
Actual recruitment end date
empty
Trial completion date
empty
Scientific title
effectiveness of visual-motor imagery training on attention control performance and academic performance in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Public title
effectiveness of visual-motor imagery training on attention control performance and academic performance in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Purpose
Health service research
Inclusion/Exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:
Age between 8 and 12 years
Normal intelligence (IQ)
Exclusion criteria:
Presence of psychosis and disorders associated with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Simultaneously receiving any other therapeutic intervention
Age
From 8 years old to 12 years old
Gender
Male
Phase
N/A
Groups that have been masked
No information
Sample size
Target sample size:
30
Randomization (investigator's opinion)
Not randomized
Randomization description
Blinding (investigator's opinion)
Not blinded
Blinding description
Placebo
Not used
Assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Secondary Ids
empty
Ethics committees
1
Ethics committee
Name of ethics committee
Islamic azad university, Semnan branch
Street address
No. 298, Golestan, Shabnam Main, Semnan
City
Semnan
Province
Semnan
Postal code
3519894799
Approval date
2024-01-02, 1402/10/12
Ethics committee reference number
IR.IAU.SEMNAN.REC.1402.078
Health conditions studied
1
Description of health condition studied
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
ICD-10 code
F90
ICD-10 code description
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorders
Primary outcomes
1
Description
High scores in the 48-question long-form Connors questionnaire for parents
Timepoint
before the beginning of the therapeutic intervention of the first session, after the completion of the therapeutic intervention of the seventh session
Method of measurement
Connors questionnaire parent version long form 48 questions CPRS
Secondary outcomes
1
Description
The score obtained in the IVA attention control test and scores in the EPT academic achievement questionnaire
Timepoint
before the beginning of the therapeutic intervention of the first session, after the completion of the therapeutic intervention of the seventh session
Method of measurement
IVA attention control test and Pham and Taylor's EPT academic achievement test
Intervention groups
1
Description
Intervention group: In this research, 30 students were selected from among the second to fifth elementary school boys, and they were evaluated and selected using the Connors questionnaire. In the next stage, the test group was trained in 7 sessions, and after the sessions, a post-test will be taken from both groups to calculate and analyze the average scores of the two tests. The intervention group will be trained according to this list of sessions, the first session: briefing and familiarization session, the second to the sixth session: protocol training, the seventh session: ending the sessions and the post-test. In all these sessions, the control group will not receive any intervention.
Category
Treatment - Other
2
Description
Control group: After the pre-test and randomization, 15 people in the control group will not receive any intervention. After the post-test, the results of the control and intervention groups are compared; But after the completion of the research, according to the ethical principles, all trainings will be given to this group as well.