A Meta-analytic Review On Treatment Effects Of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Children In China

The effects of treatment with Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder children in China in the past 12 years were examined by meta-analysis approach. The results showed that:(1)The interventions aimed to improve the behavioral, academic, cognitive and/or social functioning of children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder have obvious effects.(2)Overall, the combined interventions have the largest effects, then larger for medical interventions, and smaller for behavioral or cognitive-behavioral interventions. (3) Overall, there were larger effects of the various interventions on academic than on other outcomes, which is not consistent with foreign meta-analysis results. (4)Among indicators from different resource, the objective observations have the largest effects, then the parental rating, and then the teacher's rating. (5)Various interventions have different effects on different effect index. The quality of intervention approaches, effect indexes and study quality were discussed according above results.