Clinical trial NCT06553430: Effects of an Aerobic Exercise Intervention on Core Symptoms, Executive Functioning, and Quality of Life in Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Official title: Effects of an Aerobic Exercise Intervention on Core Symptoms, Executive Functioning, and Quality of Life in Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: ADHD
Lead sponsor: Harbin Medical University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-08-14
Enrollment: 50
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 7
Maximum age (years): 14
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Selecting a maternal and child healthcare hospital in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, 50 cases of ADHD children as the study subjects, according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria to screen the eligible study subjects, introduction of the purpose and process of the study, informed consent to enrolment, the children were divided into the intervention group and the control group. The experimental group used aerobic exercise, while the control group was given daily physical activity, and general information questionnaires, Conners Parental Symptom Questionnaire, SNAP-IV scale, Stroop Colour Word Test, Rey Complex Graphics Test, Connection Test, Children's Depressive Disorder Self-assessment Scale, Children's Anxious Mood Disorder Screening Scale, Children's Quality of Life Universal Core Scale, and Children's Executive Functioning Questionnaire were assessed.

Detailed description: Purposive sampling method was used to select a maternal and child healthcare hospital in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, 50 cases of ADHD children as the study subjects, according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria to screen the eligible study subjects, introduction of the purpose and process of the study, informed consent to enrolment, the children were divided into age, gender, clinical typing, medication use, family proximity, Conners scores and SNAP-IV scores matching the intervention group and the control group. The experimental group used aerobic exercise, while the control group was given daily physical activity, and general information questionnaires, Conners Parental Symptom Questionnaire, SNAP-IV scale, Stroop Colour Word Test, Rey Complex Graphics Test, Connection Test, Children's Depressive Disorder Self-assessment Scale, Children's Anxious Mood Disorder Screening Scale, Children's Quality of Life Universal Core Scale, and Children's Executive Functioning Questionnaire were assessed.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Children clinically diagnosed with ADHD;
* 7-14 years old;
* Combined Raven's Test ≥ 80;
* Not participating in any treatment other than drug therapy;
* The body can participate in sports training;
* The type of family intimacy is intimate or above;
* Voluntarily participate and sign an informed consent form

Exclusion Criteria:

* Children with a history of epileptic seizures;
* Children with other mental or motor disorders;
* Children with visual impairments;
* Using other psychotropic drugs;
* Have other comorbidities;
* Merge other serious chronic diseases (such as severe heart, brain, kidney, lung, etc.), tumors, etc

Primary outcomes:
measure: ADHD core symptoms
timeFrame: Immediately after the intervention
Secondary outcomes:
measure: executive function
timeFrame: Immediately after the intervention
measure: quality of life
timeFrame: Immediately after the intervention
measure: mental health
timeFrame: Immediately after the intervention
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Guangzhou
country: China
facility: Nanshan Maternal and Child Health Hospital
state: Shenzhen
Study officials:
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