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. 2018 Mar 23;2018(3):CD010840. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010840.pub2

Gu 2017.

Methods Randomised controlled trial
Participants Country: China
Setting: ambulatory
Age: undergraduate students between the ages of 19 and 24
Sample size: 54
Sex: 24 women, 30 men
Inclusion criteria: meeting DSM‐5 criteria for ADHD in adulthood
Exclusion criteria: major depressive episode, bipolar disorder, substance abuse/dependence within the last 6 months; actively suicidal ideation; history of psychotic disorder, and learning difficulties or other cognitive impairments
Interventions Intervention: mindfulness‐based cognitive therapy (8 weekly 2.5‐h sessions) (n = 28; 20 participants with pharmacotherapy and 8 without pharmacotherapy)
Control: waiting list group (n = 26; 20 participants with pharmacotherapy and 6 without pharmacotherapy)
Dosage, timing of dosage and administration of pharmacotherapy were not specified.
Outcomes Primary outcomes
  1. ADHD symptoms ‐ Conners' Adult ADHD Self‐Rating Scale (CAARS‐S)

  2. Anxiety ‐ Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)

  3. Depression ‐ Beck Depression Inventory–2nd edition (BDI‐2)

Notes We contacted authors to get more information, but they had not responded at the time of writing.
Study start date: not specified
Study end date: not specified
Funding source: the author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship or publication of this article.
Declarations of interest: the author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship or publication of this article.
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Comment: not described
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Comment: not described
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Comment: it is not possible to blind personnel in a psychosocial intervention.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Comment: participants were assessed by an interviewer who was blind to participant condition.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Quote: "The intent‐to‐treat sample consisted of 30 and 26 participants from the MBCT treatment group and [waiting list] control group, respectively. Two participants dropped out of [mindfulness‐based cognitive therapy] after six sessions and did not complete the post‐treatment or follow‐up assessments; all other participants completed treatment and the three study assessments."
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Comment: the study protocol is not available but it is clear that the published reports include all expected outcomes, including those that were prespecified.
Other bias Low risk Quote: "The majority of the sample was Chinese students who were recruited through general psychology courses."
Conflict of interest Low risk Comment: the author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship or publication of this article.