The Effect of Physical Effort in the Decision Making Process of Preadolescents With ADHD

NCT01978769 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: effortdiscounting.ctil
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

In the current study we will examine a specific aspect of these processes that has yet to be studied. We will test the effect that a physically effortful assignment has on the choices that a preadolescent makes using a forced choice paradigm in which the participant will be asked to choose between and carry out either a high cost-high reward option (HR) or a low cost-low reward (LR) option. The HR option will demand a significant amount of physical effort and will be paired up with a large reward as opposed to the LR option which will be less demanding physically and paired up with a small reward. The assignment will be carried out using a hand held dynamometer which measures the power produced by the participants' upper extremity. We propose that a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) will choose a task that involves less effort despite the small reward tied to it compared to a control child who will choose the more demanding task and the larger reward.

Conditions

ADHD

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• The number of "low effort" choices of the ADHD participants compared to the number of "low effort" choices of the control participants

  immediately after testing

Study Arms (2)

Preadolescents with ADHD

preadolescents with prior diagnosis of ADHD and without any other psychiatric or neurological diagnosis.

Preadolescents with out any diagnosis

Preadolescents with out any diagnosis

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 11 Years - 13 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

residents of jerusalem

You may qualify if:

• clinical diagnosis of ADHD

You may not qualify if:

• any other neurological or psychiatric diagnosis

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Shaare Zedek Medical Center: lead

Study Sites (1)

Shaarei Zedek Medical Center

Jerusalem, Israel, Israel

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• yehuda polak, Dr.

  Hebrew University of Jerusalem

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE CONTROL
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 11, 2013
• First Posted: November 8, 2013
• Study Start: November 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2015
• Study Completion: April 1, 2015
• Last Updated: September 9, 2015

Record last verified: 2013-07

Locations

IL (1)