Daily Routines, Executive Functioning & ADHD

Last updated: November 21, 2024
Sponsor: Cori Manning
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

Attention Deficit/hyperactivity Disorder (Adhd - Adults)

Williams Syndrome

Treatment

Daytime Routine

Sleep Extension

Clinical Study ID

NCT06682949
STUDY00003784
  • Ages 11-17
  • All Genders

Study Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn adjusting daily or nightly routines improves executive functioning in youth with ADHD. It will also learn about the acceptability of the intervention.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

  1. Does the intervention improve sleep for youth with ADHD?

  2. Does the intervention improve areas of executive functioning for youth with ADHD?

  3. Is this an acceptable intervention for youth with ADHD?

Researchers will compare the two intervention conditions to see if their are impacts in executive functioning and sleep.

Participants will:

Complete cognitive testing, executive function tasks, questionnaires, and an interview at baseline and at one month Wear an actigraph watch for one month Bring a parent with them to three meetings Complete daily sleep diaries for one month

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Clinical diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

  • Located in the greater Tucson, AZ area

  • Must have a guardian willing to participate

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Clinical diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder

  • Clinical diagnosis of an intellectual disability

  • Clinical diagnosis of psychosis

  • Clinical diagnosis of bipolar disorder

Study Design

Total Participants: 25
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Daytime Routine
Phase:
Study Start date:
November 04, 2024
Estimated Completion Date:
June 30, 2025

Study Description

The purpose of this study will be to examine if adolescents with ADHD with altered daily or nightly routines show improvements in EF, specifically working memory, cognitive flexibility, and inhibitory control. This will be a pilot study including up to 25 adolescents between the ages of 11 and 17 years old, with a diagnosis of ADHD (combined presentation, or predominantly inattentive presentation). Participants will be stratified by gender and randomly assigned to one of two conditions: 1) night routines or 2) daily routines. The intervention is ready to be implemented and adapted for an ADHD population. Though the intervention itself was not focused on sleep hygiene, the team incorporated strategies to increase the likelihood of extending sleep duration, such as reviewing actigraphy and sleep diary data with the participant, collaboration between the participant, caregiver and researcher to address obstacles to obtaining enough sleep, and instructing the participant to obtain a specific amount of sleep. The first study demonstrated that sleep extension in youth with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) was feasible, whereas the ongoing study has demonstrated that overall youth increase TST over a 3-month period. This latter study has a booster session approximately one month after the initial consultation. Thus, this study will last one month with two weeks of baseline to establish sleep patterns and the intervention portion for this study will last for two weeks to monitor whether the youth increase their sleep and ascertain an effect size of intervention impact.

Connect with a study center

  • University of Arizona - College of Education

    Tucson, Arizona 85721
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

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