A Feasibility Study on the Effectiveness of a Full-Body Videogame Intervention for Decreasing Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms

Abstract

Dragon seems promising as a game-based intervention for children with ADHD. Children who played Dragon improved in several areas with only a short amount of gameplay (1.5 hours in total), and their satisfaction with the game was high. For future research, it is recommended to further inspect Dragon's influence on impulsivity and gross motor skills. Furthermore, it is recommended to disentangle, examine, and evaluate specific properties of videogames that might lead to positive behavioral change.

What is the level of evidence for the use of currently available technologies in facilitating the self-management of difficulties associated with ADHD in children and young people? A systematic review

“…One of the eight included RCTs, one was considered to be at overall high risk of bias [34], five RCTs were judged as being at overall low risk [51, 52,54,55,56] and two RCTs were considered to be at overall unclear risk of bias [53,57]. All included RCTs were considered to be at a low risk of bias for selective reporting [34,[51][52][53][54][55][56][57].…”

“…All included RCTs were considered to be at a low risk of bias for selective reporting [34,[51][52][53][54][55][56][57].…”

“…Ten of the fourteen included studies [34,[51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58]63] used ordinal scales of measurement all with established psychometric properties. Twelve of the included studies [34,51,[53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62] used scales of measurement that did not have established psychometric properties.…”

“…Twelve of the included studies [34,51,[53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62] used scales of measurement that did not have established psychometric properties. Four of the fourteen studies [58][59][60]63] did not perform any formal statistical analysis.…”

“…The sample size for these four studies ranged from one to eight. Five of the fourteen studies [34,52,53,56,57] aggregated data used with ordinal scales, which may put findings at risk. Further details of the outcome measurement quality assessment can be found in Appendix 5.…”