<div>This systematic review and meta-analysis investigates the effects of cognitive training interventions on outcomes for children with ADHD.</div>
Huzhou Science and Technology Bureau Public Welfare Application Research Project (China)
From database inception to April 28, 2022
<div>Randomized-controlled trials</div>
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<div>Cognitive training significantly improved attention (SMD = -0.78) and executive functioning (SMD = -0.3) deficits in children with ADHD. There was no significant effect of the intervention on hyperactivity/impulsivity.</div>
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<div>Limitations to this review included heterogeneity across the included studies as well as lack of long-term and follow-up data. </div>
<div>Subgroup analysis revealed the following in children with ADHD with attention and executive functioning deficits:</div>
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<li>Cognitive training programs lasting for more than 30 days had significant improvement in attention (SMD = -0.94) but not hyperactivity/impulsivity or executive functioning deficits.</li>
<li>Cognitive training significantly improved attention for children under 10 years old(SMD = -1.3).</li>
<li>There was no significant difference in the effect of intervention on hyperactivity/impulsivity or executive function by age group (i.e., children over or under 10 years).</li>
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<div>Limitations to this review included heterogeneity across the included studies as well as lack of long-term and follow-up data. </div>
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