A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Integrated Brain, Body, and Social Intervention for Children With ADHD. Issue 5 (March 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Smith, Stephanie D.; Vitulano, Lawrence A.; Katsovich, Liliya; Li, Shuaixing; Moore, Christina; Li, Fenghua; Grantz, Heidi; Zheng, Xixi; Eicher, Virginia; Aktan Guloksuz, Selin; Zheng, Yi; Dong, Jinxia; Sukhodolsky, Denis G.; Leckman, James F.
• Is Part Of: Journal of attention disorders. Volume 24:Issue 5(2020)
• Page Start: 780
• Page End: 794
• Publication Date: 2020-03
• Subjects: ADHD -- computerized cognitive remediation training (CCRT) -- physical exercise -- Good Behavior Game (GBG) -- randomized controlled trial; Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Periodicals; Attention -- Periodicals; 616.8589
• DOI: 10.1177/1087054716647490
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1087-0547

Abstract

Objective: This study evaluated the efficacy of an Integrated Brain, Body, and Social (IBBS) intervention for children with ADHD. Treatment consisted of computerized cognitive remediation training, physical exercises, and a behavior management strategy.Method: Ninety-two children aged 5 to 9 years with ADHD were randomly assigned to 15 weeks of IBBS or to treatment-as-usual. Primary outcome measures included blinded clinician ratings of ADHD symptoms and global clinical functioning. Secondary outcome measures consisted of parent and teacher ratings of ADHD and neurocognitive tests.Results: No significant treatment effects were found on any of our primary outcome measures. In terms of secondary outcome measures, the IBBS group showed significant improvement on a verbal working memory task; however, this result did not survive correction for multiple group comparisons.Conclusion: These results suggest that expanding cognitive training to multiple domains by means of two training modalities does not lead to generalized improvement of ADHD symptomatology.