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Trial reportEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2018

Informant-related effects of neurofeedback and cognitive training in children with ADHD including a waiting control phase: a randomized-controlled trial.

Franziska Minder, Agnieszka Zuberer, Daniel Brandeis, Renate Drechsler

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Trial report in European child & adolescent psychiatry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
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2 · The registry

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Franziska MinderDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Psychiatry, University of Zurich, Eisengasse 16, 8008, Zurich, Switzerland.
Agnieszka ZubererDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Psychiatry, University of Zurich, Eisengasse 16, 8008, Zurich, Switzerland.
Daniel BrandeisDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Psychiatry, University of Zurich, Eisengasse 16, 8008, Zurich, Switzerland.
Renate DrechslerDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Psychiatry, University of Zurich, Eisengasse 16, 8008, Zurich, Switzerland. renate.drechsler@kjpd.uzh.ch.
University of Zurich · CHUniversity Hospital of Zurich · CH

Funding

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (CH) 320030_149411
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is controversy regarding the clinical efficacy of neurofeedback (NF) and computerized cognitive training (CogT) as treatments for ADHD. Meta-analyses claim that probably blinded teachers observe smaller effects than parents, because they are less biased. We investigated informant-specific effects by manipulating the involvement of informants, by controlling for waiting time effects, and by adding a blinded outcome measure. Seventy-seven children with ADHD were randomly allocated to slow cortical potential NF or to individualized CogT (of attention, working memory or inhibition). The training was conducted in schools (NF: n = 19, CogT: n = 19) or in outpatient clinics (NF: n = 19, CogT: n = 20). Three assessments were scheduled: baseline, followed by a waiting period, pre-training, and post-training. Multivariate Analyses of Variance were conducted to assess parent- and teacher-rated changes in ADHD symptoms and executive functions (EF), and changes according to standardized classroom observations. Both treatments resulted in significant improvements according to informants, with larger effects for parents (ADHD symptoms: parent η

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AdolescentAttention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityChildCognitive Behavioral TherapyFemaleHumansMaleNeurofeedbackADHDBlindingInformant discrepancyNeurofeedbackPC-supported cognitive trainingRandomized-controlled trial

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PMID29396712
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