NCT01795053

Effects of Playtraining in ADHD Preschoolers on ADHD Symptoms and Play Persistence and Intensity

Randomized Controlled Trial to Evalualte Effects of Playtraining as Manualized in THOP, a Modulized German ADHD Manual, in 3 to 6 Year Old Children With a Diagnosis of ADHD on ADHD Symptoms and Play Persistence and Intensity

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Cologne · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Years – 6 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

A sample of 60 children is randomly assigned to an intervention and a control condition. The intervention group receives 15 sessions of child-focused treatment with play training to enhance play persistence and intensity. The control group receives the same amount of placebo play sessions. The intervention group receives subsequently 15 sessions of parent training. All children are 3 to 6 years old and meet diagnostic criteria for ADD or ADHD. Main hypothesis are a stronger reduction of ADHD symptoms of the child in different settings in the intervention than in the control group. Play-persistence and -intensity should also increase more in the intervention group. An additional effect of a subsequent parent training shall furthermore be tested.

Conditions

• ADHD

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Experimental: playtraining	playtraining is a play based intervention that includes techniques of behavioral management as: structuring of play situation, detailled play planning, definition of behavioral tasks, positive reinforcement, token economy. The intervention is designed to enhance play-persistence and -intensity and thereby reduce ADHD symptoms
BEHAVIORAL	Placebo open play session

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-02-01
• Primary completion: 2017-07-01
• Completion: 2017-10-01
• First posted: 2013-02-20
• Last updated: 2017-03-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany