NCT05391698

A Multimodal Intervention Program for Children With Attention Deficits (Child ViReal Support Program)

Determinants of Treatment Response to State-of-the-art Interventions for Attention Deficits: Child Temperament, Cognitive Profiles and Family Dynamics

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 16 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Crete · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 9 Years – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The main aim of this study is the development and implementation of a multimodal intervention program consisting of parent training and child training which utilizes the potentials of immersive virtual reality technology (iVR) in order to test its effectiveness for children with attention deficits.

Detailed description

Attention deficits are commonly observed in children and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most commonly diagnosed childhood neurodevelopmental disorders. It is evidently known that attention deficits affect children's school, social and family life making it essential for them and their parents to receive specialized supportive services. Behavioral parent training (BPT) and cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) are considered evidence-based interventions for children with ADHD. In fact, they have positive effects on the management of children's behaviors, organization, reduction of parental stress and enhancement of parental self-efficacy. In addition to these traditional evidence-based interventions, immersive virtual reality (iVR) technology has been applied lately as part of intervention programs for children with attention deficits / ADHD diagnosis specifically for cognitive training. In line with the above, investigators have designed and developed a multimodal intervention program named Child ViReal Support program. This program is comprised of parent training and child training and utilizes the potentials of iVR technology. In order to assess the efficacy of Child ViReal Support program, the investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trial, which consists of a pre-training phase, a training phase, a post-training phase and a follow-up.

Conditions

• Attention Deficit
• Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Behavioral Parent Training (BPT)	The parent training consists of 8 weekly group sessions where parents are trained on behavior modification techniques, optimal parental practices as well as techniques for the enhancement of their children's cognitive deficits.
COMBINATION_PRODUCT	Child Training (iVR + CBT)	The child training program is comprised of 16 individualized weekly sessions. It utilizes the potentials of immersive virtual reality (iVR) technology for the training of focused and sustained attention and combines practices based on cognitive-behavioral approach for children's training on behavioral and emotional self-regulation skills.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-03-01
• Primary completion: 2022-11-30
• Completion: 2022-11-30
• First posted: 2022-05-26
• Last updated: 2023-11-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Greece