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RecruitingNCT06207279Updated Feb 28, 2024

Preliminary Study on the Development and Reliability and Validity of Attention Rating Scale

An observational study in Depression, Insomnia and Attention Disturbances, sponsored by Peking University Sixth Hospital. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 60 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-02-28.

Sponsored by Peking University Sixth Hospital · Observational

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Dec 2024, 1 year 9 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Sep 2023; still recruiting 3 years later.
Study type
Observational
Model
Other
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
240
Ages
18 Years to 60 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study, based on preliminary experimental results, literature review, and expert consultations, developed the Attentional Rating Scale (ARS). The aim was to rapidly assess participants' attention and potential influencing factors. The research focused on the scale's reliability and validity among healthy adults. Additionally, the Attention Network Test (ANT) served as the gold standard for evaluating attention. The study attempted to identify correlations between various dimensions of attention and the three attentional networks.

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  1. To adiministrate 60 healthy subjects to evaluate internal consistency reliability.
  2. To choose 20 cases for ARS retesting 7 days after the first ARS evaluation.
  3. To evaluate the split half reliability through the Spearman Brown coefficient.
  4. To apply principal component analysis for structural validity analysis.
  5. Using the Attention Network Test (ANT) and Toronto Hospital Alertness Test (THE) as gold standards, the Pearson correlation coefficient was used for criterion validity analysis.
  6. To administrate 60 patients with MDD, ADHD and insomnia disorder testing the discrimination validity of ARS.
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Conditions studied

  • Depression
  • Insomnia
  • Attention Disturbances
  • Healthy

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In context

Depression

8,057 studies on the registry are indexed under Depression; 1,641 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 240 is above the median of 160 across 1,084 observational studies indexed under Depression.

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Lead sponsor

Peking University Sixth Hospital is the lead sponsor of 19 studies on the registry; 7 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 60 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Sixty cases of patients diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), ADHD and insomnia disorder separately are recruited from outpatient clinics and hospital wards. Additionally, sixty healthy individuals are recruited from the community as control subjects.

Inclusion criteria

  1. Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosed according to DSM-5, or Chronic Insomnia Disorder diagnosed according to ICSD-3
  2. Ages between 18 and 60 years old
  3. Right-handed
  4. Educational level ≥5 years or IQ ≥90, capable of understanding and reading Chinese.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Currently diagnosed with any other DSM-5 mental disorders (according to MINI 7.0) or ICSD-3 sleep-wake disorders, apart from MDD, ADHD or insomnia disorder
  2. Currently and past history of neurological disorders and physical illnesses with subjectives
  3. Consumed alcohol in the week preceding the enrollment
  4. Using antidepressants, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, or other central nervous system-acting drugs for at least 4 weeks in the current episode
  5. Undergoing any physical treatments such as ECT, neuromodulation therapy or Traditional Chinese Medicine treatment in the past 6 months
  6. Refused to sign the informed consent form
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Study design

Observational model
Other
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
240 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Major Depressive Disorder

    Patients meeting the diagnostic criteria for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) according to DSM-5.

    Diagnostic Test: rating

  • Chronic Insomnia Disorder

    Patients meeting the diagnostic criteria for Chronic Insomnia Disorder according to ICSD-3.

    Diagnostic Test: rating

  • Health Control

    Healthy population.

    Diagnostic Test: rating

  • Attention Deficit and hyperactivity Disorder

    Patients meeting the diagnostic criteria for Attention Deficit and hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) according to DSM-5.

    Diagnostic Test: rating

Interventions

  • Diagnostic testrating

    rating scales, test ANT

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Developing Attention Rating Scale(ARS)

    The Attention Assessment Scale is developing as a tool to assess attention ability designed for self-rating scale. Its purpose is to swiftly evaluate the attention levels of adults. There are 30 items in ARS. The minimum value is 1 and maximum value is 5, and the higher scores mean a better outcome for attention ability.

    Time frame: 3 months

  2. Reliability and Validity of the Attention Assessment Scale.

    Reliability 1. Cronbach α of ARS should be above 0.8 that means good reliability. 2. The intra group correlation value for retesting reliability should be above 0.8 that means good retesting reliability. Validity 1. The split half reliability measured and factor analysis to test constuctive validity of ARS. 2. The correlation coefficient r with ANT and the correlation coefficient r with THAT should be statistic significant, that means good validity of attention ability for Attention Assessment Scale.

    Time frame: 2 years

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Peking University Sixth Hospital
    Beijing, Beijing 100191, China
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 28, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06207279
Lead sponsor
Peking University Sixth Hospital
Responsible party
Xueqin Wang (Principle Investigator, Peking University Sixth Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jan 16, 2024
Start date
Sep 28, 2023
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2024 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2024 (estimated)
Last update
Feb 28, 2024

Study contacts

Xinyang Zhang, master
Contact
zhangxinyang2022@bjmu.edu.cn
+8610-62723770
Xueqin Wang, doctor
principal investigator · Peking University Sixth Hospital

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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