NCT06553430

Effects of an Aerobic Exercise Intervention on Core Symptoms, Executive Functioning, and Quality of Life in Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Harbin Medical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 7 Years – 14 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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.

Conditions

• ADHD

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	aerobics exercises	Moderate-intensity aerobic exercise for 30-60 min 3 times per week for 12 weeks

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-11-28
• Primary completion: 2024-10-01
• Completion: 2024-11-01
• First posted: 2024-08-14
• Last updated: 2024-08-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China