Comparative Efficacy of Organizational Skills Training (OST) and Mindfulness-Based Intervention (MBI)

Purpose

This randomized control trial comparing Organizational Skills Training (OST) and Mindfulness-Based Intervention (MBI) among adolescents with a pre-existing ADHD diagnosis presenting to the Duke ADHD Program. Both treatments are eight 90 minute sessions. The research component will involve a pre-treatment assessment and post-treatment assessment. Both assessments will involve adolescents and one caregiver to complete questionnaires over REDCap. Rating scales will include ADHD symptom severity (Conners 3: self and parent report), functional impairment (IRS: self and parent report), executive functioning (BRIEF-2: parent report), emotion dysregulation (DERS: self and parent report), trait mindfulness (FFMQ: self report), organizational skills (BRIEF-2: parent report), treatment satisfaction (self report and parent report) and credibility (self report and parent report). Post-treatment assessments for feasibility will include attendance (measured over the course of treatment) and homework completion rates on a scale of 1 to 5 in which 5 indicates higher homework completion. We will also assess acceptability via individual items on a Likert scale (self report): overall satisfaction, how much was learned about ADHD, usefulness of information learned, content relevance to individual experience, comprehension of strategies, confidence about using strategies, likelihood of using strategies, helpfulness to share with the group, benefits from hearing from other group members, willingness to recommend the same treatment to others, and whether or not treatment was beneficial.

Conditions

  • ADHD
  • ADHD - Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity

Eligibility

Eligible Ages
Between 13 Years and 17 Years
Eligible Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • Adolescent between the ages of 13-17 years - Pre-existing diagnosis of ADHD in medical record - Seeking treatment at the Seattle Children's Hospital BAM Clinic

Exclusion Criteria

  • Psychiatric comorbidity that interferes with treating ADHD as the presenting concern per the study team. - Other concerns besides ADHD that would interfere with study participation according to the study team.

Study Design

Phase
N/A
Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel Assignment
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Masking
None (Open Label)

Arm Groups

ArmDescriptionAssigned Intervention
Experimental
Organizational Skills Training (OST)
Adolescents with an ADHD diagnosis (confirmed via SCH's electronic health record or an external documentation of a diagnosis) seeking treatment at the the Seattle Children's BAM clinic will be recruited. They will be randomized 1:1 to OST or MBI, which are both treatments that are offered as standard clinical care, billable treatments at the SCH BAM clinic. Adolescents and their caregivers will complete rating scales at pre-treatment and post-treatment remotely via Research Electronic Data Capture. Both treatments are eight 90 minute sessions and are offered as billable services by the SCH BAM clinic as a standard of care.
  • Behavioral: Organizational Skills Training
    OST is a treatment offered as standard clinical care, billable treatments at the SCH BAM Clinic. There are eight 90 minute long sessions.
    Other names:
    • TOPS
Experimental
Mindfulness-Based Intervention (MBI)
Adolescents with an ADHD diagnosis (confirmed via SCH's electronic health record or an external documentation of a diagnosis) seeking treatment at the the Seattle Children's BAM clinic will be recruited. They will be randomized 1:1 to OST or MBI, which are both treatments that are offered as standard clinical care, billable treatments at the SCH BAM clinic. Adolescents and their caregivers will complete rating scales at pre-treatment and post-treatment remotely via Research Electronic Data Capture. Both treatments are eight 90 minute sessions and are offered as billable services by the SCH BAM clinic as a standard of care.
  • Behavioral: Mindfulness-Based Intervention
    MBI is a treatment offered as standard clinical care, billable treatments at the SCH BAM clinic. There are eight 90 minute long sessions
    Other names:
    • MAPA
    • MBI

Recruiting Locations

Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle 5809844, Washington 5815135 98121

More Details

Status
Recruiting
Sponsor
Seattle Children's Hospital

Study Contact

Margaret H Sibley, Ph.D.
(206) 884-1424
margaret.sibley@seattlechidrens.org

Detailed Description

This will be a randomized controlled trial in which incoming patients (N=36) who have been referred for ADHD psychosocial treatment at the Seattle Children's Behavior, Attention, Management clinic between ages 13-17 will be offered the opportunity to participate in this study. If they wish to participate, they will be randomly assigned to receive the MAPA MBI or to receive Organization Skills Training (TOPS) at the clinic. Both groups will be 8-week, 90 groups that will run simultaneously via telehealth delivered by routine clinicians in the BAM clinic. Both groups will have one "pre-session" that parents join that explains the purpose of the group and what parents and teens can do to work together and support home practice of skills learned during the group. We will collect baseline and post-treatment ratings of outcome measures. There will be two cohorts (fall and winter and each cohort will enroll 18 youth for random assignment at a 1:1 ratio). Incoming patients who do not wish to participate in the study will still be eligible to enroll in standard psychosocial treatment groups at the BAM clinic that they would otherwise be eligible for (i.e., declining to participate will not delay the treatment they otherwise would receive in the clinic).