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Social Virtual-reality on Enhancing Social Interaction Skills in Children With Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

NCT05778526 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2025-03-28

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Summary

The study targets children with diagnosed ADHD and aims to (1) develop a social virtual reality-based intervention, (2) investigate its effects on improving the social skills and executive functioning of inhibitions, emotional control and attention of the children compared to traditional social skills training and (3) evaluate the subjects acceptability and compliance with social VR training for enhancing social interaction skills. It is hypothesised that the social interaction skills of the participants in the social VR training group are likely to perform better than those in the traditional social skills training group. Participants in the waitlist control group will receive no change in social interaction skills compared with the two intervention groups.

Conditions

  • Virtual Reality
  • Social Interaction
  • Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Virtual reality

There are a total of 12 training sessions for 3 weeks (4 sessions per week). Each session of the Social VR intervention lasts for a maximum of 20 minutes. The intervention contains three real-life virtual scenarios, including (1) a classroom and playground, (2) an MTR station and compartment, and (3) a supermarket and restaurant.

BEHAVIORAL

Traditional social skills training

There are a total of 12 training sessions for 3 weeks (4 sessions per week). Each session lasts for a maximum of 20 minutes. Four modules will be covered in the 3-week training: (1) how to introduce yourself and basic social skills; (2) how to listen to others; (3) how to share with others; (4) learn to know how people feel and how to empathise.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jing Qin, PhD · School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-02-18
Primary Completion
2024-08-31
Completion
2024-09-06

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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