The Effectiveness of Neurofeedback-Based Neuropsychotherapy for Children with ADHD: Follow-up Study

Abstract

The aim of this study was to test the efficacy of the Neurofeedback-based Neuropsychotherapy module by follow-up assessment The ADHD group was referred from a child and adolescent psychiatrist and completed a 10-week WWNF intervention in 2013-2018 Therefore the ADHD group had three time points: pre-intervention(T1) post-intervention(T2) and follow-up(T3) The normal group was recruited from voluntary participants at all levels of school and matched with demographic variables and included in the normal group (A) and the normal group (B) The inter-group comparison between the ADHD group and the normal group amd intra-group comparison in ADHD group Comparsion the three levels: neuropsychological assessment level daily behavioral function level and learning adaptative function level Differences between demographic and control variables were tested by chi-square test and independent sample t test The difference in the ADHD group was tested by one-way ANOVA and Scheffe’ s mthed and the difference between normal group and ADHD group was tested by independent sample t test The results showed that most of the indicators at the three levels remained improved in the ADHD group at the follow-up point providing the maintenance of effectiveness with the neurofeedback-based Neuropsychotherapy In the future it is advisable to expand the number of samples to explore the continued stability of this effectiveness or to test for differences in different case groups

Date of Award	2019
Original language	English
Supervisor	Nai-Wen Guo (Supervisor)