Improvement of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms in School-Aged Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Autism via a Digital Smartglasses-Based Socioemotional Coaching Aid: Short-Term, Uncontrolled Pilot Study.
Arshya VahabzadehNeha U KeshavJoseph Peter SalisburyNed T SahinPublished in: JMIR mental health (2018)
This study provides initial evidence for the possible potential of the Empowered Brain system to reduce ADHD-related symptoms, such as hyperactivity, inattention, and impulsivity, in school-aged children, adolescents, and young adults with ASD. This digital smartglasses intervention can potentially be targeted at a broader array of mental health conditions that exhibit transdiagnostic attentional and social communication deficits, including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Further research is required to understand the clinical importance of these observed changes and to conduct longitudinal studies on this intervention with control groups and larger sample sizes.
Keyphrases
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- mental health
- autism spectrum disorder
- bipolar disorder
- young adults
- physical activity
- working memory
- randomized controlled trial
- major depressive disorder
- intellectual disability
- mental illness
- traumatic brain injury
- healthcare
- sleep quality
- high throughput
- resting state
- white matter
- cross sectional
- middle aged
- drug delivery
- functional connectivity
- high school
- obsessive compulsive disorder
- high density
- drug induced