The effects of practicing target-shooting sport on the severity of inattentive, hyperactive, and impulsive symptoms in children: a non-randomised controlled open-label study in Denmark

Autor:	Annegrete Gohr Månsson, Anna Mejldal, Kirsten Kaya Roessler, Mette Elmose, Søren Dalsgaard
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Male Parents medicine.medical_specialty Firearms Adolescent Denmark education Physical activity physical activity inattention Severity of Illness Index Mental effort 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Open label study medicine ADHD Humans Psychiatry Child Children Psychomotor Agitation Non pharmacological interventions business.industry 030227 psychiatry hyperactivity Psychiatry and Mental health Treatment Outcome non-pharmacological interventions Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity Impulsive Behavior Quality of Life Female business human activities 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Follow-Up Studies Sports
Zdroj:	Gohr Månsson, A, Elmose, M, Mejldal, A, Dalsgaard, S & Roessler, K K 2019, ' The effects of practicing target-shooting sport on the severity of inattentive, hyperactive, and impulsive symptoms in children : a non-randomised controlled open-label study in Denmark ', Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 73, no. 4-5, pp. 233-243 . https://doi.org/10.1080/08039488.2019.1612467 Nordic Journal of Psychiatry
ISSN:	1502-4725
Popis:	PURPOSE: Target-shooting sport requires mental effort and concentration. Training may reduce inattentiveness and distractibility. There is little knowledge if children with symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) benefit from practicing target-shooting sport.MATERIALS AND METHODS: Our study aims to investigate this in a non-randomised controlled open-label study of 128 children, 10-14 years of age, with ADHD-symptoms. The intervention-group (n = 64) practiced target-shooting in local shooting associations once a week for 6 months. The control group (n = 64) received treatment as usual.PRIMARY OUTCOME: teacher-rated ADHD-RS-IV-total score.SECONDARY OUTCOMES: (a) parent-rated ADHD-RS-IV-total score; (b) teacher- and parent-rated Strengths-and-Difficulties-Questionnaire (SDQ); (c) self-rated quality of life (KIDSCREEN-27-total score); and (d) four objective measurements of ADHD-symptoms using the QbTest™. The data were collected at baseline and after 6 months.RESULTS: When estimating the marginal effect of the intervention on our primary outcome, the teacher-rated ADHD-RS-IV, we found no significant effect (mean change between groups (contrast)=2.23; p = 0.193). However, we did find significant beneficial effects on four of the eight secondary outcomes, including the parent-rated ADHD-RS-IV-total score (contrast = 4.76; p = 0.024), the parent-rated SDQ-total score (contrast = 2.09; p = 0.027), and on the QbTest™ measurements of the Reaction Time Variation (RTVar) (contrast = 36.96; p = 0.013), and of Omission Errors (contrast = 7.57; p = 0.019).CONCLUSIONS: Despite the negative result on the primary outcome, the robust findings on these secondary outcomes in this open-label study indicate proof of concept that practicing target-shooting sport may have some beneficial effects on the severity of ADHD-symptoms in children. No adverse events were reported. Randomised trials of this non-pharmacological intervention are needed.
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