Daily Routines and Executive Functioning in Youth with ADHD

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
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
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 11
Maximum Age: 17
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Clinical diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

• Located in the greater Tucson, AZ area

• Must have a guardian willing to participate

Locations
United States
Arizona
University of Arizona - College of Education
RECRUITING
Tucson
Contact Information
Primary
Cori Manning, MA
adhddailyroutines@gmail.com
520-222-9047
Time Frame
Start Date: 2024-11-04
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-06
Participants
Target number of participants: 25
Treatments
Experimental: Sleep Extension
Participants will review their baseline actigraphy data with a research team member and discuss sleep patterns. Participants will be given a sleep prescription, giving them specified sleep and wake times based on AASM guidelines. Participants and their parent will discuss stimulus control with team member. Participants will implement their sleep prescription for two weeks.
Placebo_comparator: Daytime Routine
Participants will review their daily routines with a research team member. With parent collaboration, they will agree to adjust a behavioral daytime routine to implement for the next two weeks.
Sponsors
Collaborators: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Leads: Cori Manning

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov