Clinical trial NCT02942030: Differences in Attentional Profile of Children Diagnosed With ADHD Versus Children Diagnosed With Other Mental Conditions
Official title: Differences in Attentional Profile of Children Diagnosed With ADHD Versus Children Diagnosed With Other Mental Conditions
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: ADHD
Lead sponsor: Clalit Health Services
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Tel Aviv University
First posted: 2016-10-21
Enrollment: 70
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 8
Maximum age (years): 12
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: 8-12 y/o children reffered to a psychiatric clinic for evaluation

Brief summary: Attentional symptoms characterize both ADHD and other mental conditions in children.

The diagnosis is based on clinical psychiatric evaluation.

With the expanding knowledge regarding the neurobiological basis in ADHD the investigators have learned that attention is not a general property of the whole brain, but involves several coordinated networks. This knowledge promoted the scientific community to the stage in which scientists can recognize different types of attention domains.

in the current study, the investigators use computerized battery to separate between the different attention abilities and provide specific attentional profile. in this study the investigators aim to characterize different attentional profiles in children who are diagnosed with ADHD versus children who diagnosed with other mental condition (which are common differential diagnoses of ADHD)

Detailed description: Attentional symptoms characterize both ADHD and other mental conditions in children.

The diagnosis of ADHD is based on clinical psychiatric evaluation in different clinical situations the differential diagnosis is not straight forward and the clinician considers a common co-morbid conditions and common differential diagnoses.

With the expanding knowledge regarding the neurobiological basis in ADHD the scientific community have learned that attention is not a general property of the whole brain, but involves several coordinated networks. This knowledge promoted us to the stage in which scientists can recognize different types of attention domains. this knowledge raises the question - can the clinician use this knowledge to make the correct diagnosis based on specific attentional profile?

In the current study, the investigators use computerized battery in order to separate between the different attention abilities and provide specific attentional profile. in this study the investigators aim to characterize different attentional profiles in children who are diagnosed with ADHD versus children who diagnosed with other mental condition (which are common differential diagnoses of ADHD)

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* age 8-12
* normal intelligence quotient (IQ)
* suspected ADHD

Exclusion Criteria:

* Autism Spectrum Disorder
* blindness
* deafness
* abnormal intelligence quotient (IQ) (below 70)

Primary outcomes:
measure: diagnosis - after psychiatric evaluation
timeFrame: november 2017
measure: attentional computerized profile
timeFrame: november 2017
Secondary outcomes:
measure: correlations - clinical diagnosis and attentional profile
timeFrame: november 2017
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Jerusalem
country: Israel
facility: Mishmar Ha'Am Clinic
Study officials:
affiliation: Clalit Health Services
name: shlomit tsafrir, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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