Computerized Eye-tracking Attention Training for Children With Special Needs

ADHD Clinical Trial

Official title:

Computerized Eye-tracking Attention Training for Children With Special Needs

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04178421
• Other study ID #: 2018-0298
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 1, 2018
• Est. completion date: September 10, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: November 2019
• Source: Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Children with special needs (e.g. autistic spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) are found to have sustained attention problems. Several behavioral interventions have been carried out in the past to improve this situation. However, these interventions are often involved a high administration cost. Recently, researchers have been focusing on training the eye gaze fixation using the eye-tracking training games, as some of the research studies reported a correlation between atypical eye gaze patterns with poor sustained attention. The objective of the present study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a computerized eye-tracking attention training. Two batches of 48 primary school students will be recruited from email and the subject pool of the Department of Psychology of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Participants are dividedly randomly and equally into either intervention or control group. Participants in both groups will undergo pre- and post-assessments measuring the executive function and attention before and after the intervention, respectively. However, there will be eight eye-tracking training sessions for the intervention group, but only the assessments are received in the control group. It is hypothesized that after the training, the performance of the training games and assessments will improve, indicated by increasing accuracy rates, as well as the reaction time of the tasks. The results would provide important information on the value of computerized eye gaze training and would guide the direction of interventions that target on improving the sustained attention and impulse control of children with special needs.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 96
• Est. completion date: September 10, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: August 30, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 6 Years to 12 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• a total of 96 primary school children (aged between 6 to 12 years) with special needs, defined by psychological disorders such as ASD, ADHD, ADD, and Dyslexia

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children with mental retardation will be excluded

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• ADHD
• ASD
• Learning Disorders

Intervention

Other:
• Computerized training program
Eye-gaze fixation computer based training program
• Placebo
Pac-Man, Zookeeper, Tetris

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Hong Kong	Neuropsychology Laboratory, Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Chinese University of Hong Kong

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Hong Kong, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Flanker Inhibitory Control and Attention Test (Cognitive Test)	flanker inhibitory control and attention test to assess their attention	through study completion, an average of 2 year
Primary	Dimensional Change Card Sort Test (Psychological Test Battery)	the Dimensional Change Card Sort Test to measure executive function	through study completion, an average of 2 year