Schoenberg 2014.
Methods | Randomised controlled trial | |
Participants |
Country: the Netherlands Setting: ambulatory Age: adults (18 to 65 years old) Sample size: 44 Sex: 23 women, 21 men Inclusion criteria: primary diagnosis of ADHD, DSM‐IV‐TR confirmed by 3 psychiatrists Exclusion criteria: substance abuse/dependence within the last 6 months; co‐morbid psychotic‐, borderline‐, antisocial‐, and behavioural disorders; and learning difficulties |
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Interventions |
Intervention: mindfulness‐based cognitive therapy (12 weekly sessions) (n = 24; 15 participants with pharmacotherapy and 9 without pharmacotherapy). Control: waiting list group (n = 20; 16 participants with pharmacotherapy and 4 without pharmacotherapy) Dosage, timing of dosage and administration of pharmacotherapy were not specified. |
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Outcomes |
Primary outcome
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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: this research was supported by BrainGain SmartMix Programme of the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs and Netherlands Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. Declarations of interest: all authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest related to this work. |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Low risk | Comment: a random number table was used – whether the number was even or odd would dictate allocation to MBCT or WL. |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Low risk | Comment: this procedure was carried out by a member of staff unrelated to the data collection, and was witnessed by the data manager of the project. |
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 | High risk | Comment: the outcomes were potentially prone to risk of bias without blinding of the assessor. |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Comment: of the remaining 44 participants, complete clinical data sets were not available for 2 (1 MBCT, 1 WL); in 1 case the baseline, the other the post‐treatment, questionnaires were not completed at the time of testing due to practical/time constraints. |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | Comment: the study authors reported all proposed outcomes. |
Other bias | Low risk | Comment: there was no evidence of other bias. |
Conflict of interest | Low risk | Comment: no evidence of conflicts of interest |