Effectiveness of music training on executive function and attention in middle school-aged children with ADHD : a randomized controlled study

INTERVENTION: Experimental Other,No Intervention Other Online music training,Controlled The intervention group would be given free online kalimba classes, half an hour online session conducted via Zoom, once a week every Sunday morning, for 8 weeks. They would also be invited into a closed Line group, where they would be asked to record short video clips of self‐practice at home and where their question would be answered by music teachers and researcher,Patients in controlled‐group continue receiving standard treatment (psychostimulant and behavioural modification). Once the study is done, they would be offered online music training of similar detail given to the intervention group. CONDITION: executive function attention middle school‐aged children with ADHD ; music therapy; kalimba; ADHD; middle school‐aged children; executive function music therapy; kalimba; ADHD; middle school‐aged children; executive function PRIMARY OUTCOME: executive function after intervention NEPSY‐II,attention after intervention NEPSY‐II SECONDARY OUTCOME: ADHD symptom after intervention Vanderbilt parent rating scale INCLUSION CRITERIA: middle school‐aged children diagnosed with ADHD by DSM‐V criteria, receiving treatment at Pediatric, OPD, Phramongkutklao hospital.