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Appendix 12<br />

Study Intervention Participants Outcomes<br />

Core symptoms<br />

Parents’ Behaviour Checklist: inattentive<br />

unproductiveness, hyperactivity<br />

Conners’ Teachers’ Behaviour Checklist:<br />

daydreaming-inattentive, hyperactivity<br />

Davids’ Hyperkinetic Rating Scale (teachers,<br />

parents): hyperactivity, short attention span,<br />

impulsiveness<br />

Target Symptom Assessment<br />

Inclusion criteria<br />

1. Diagnosable minimal brain dysfunction with such signs <strong>and</strong><br />

symptoms as hyperactivity, distractability, short attention span,<br />

incorrigibility, lability, explosiveness, incoordination, perceptual<br />

motor dysfunction, <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r minor neurological signs<br />

2. A total score = 24 on <strong>the</strong> first six items <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Davids’<br />

Hyperkinetic Ratings Scale<br />

3. Aged ≤ 12 years<br />

4. Enrolment in some sort <strong>of</strong> school setting (in order to obtain<br />

teachers’ ratings)<br />

5. No psychoactive medication for <strong>the</strong> preceding month<br />

6. Parental <strong>and</strong> child’s consent<br />

Arm 1<br />

DEX<br />

Ascending dosage schedule<br />

beginning with one tablet <strong>the</strong> first<br />

morning to maximum benefit or<br />

intolerable side-effects; mean daily<br />

dose 21.75 mg (? unclear)<br />

(Administered by parent)<br />

Reference<br />

Arnold et al., 1976 36<br />

Source<br />

AHRQ Report<br />

Setting<br />

USA<br />

Design<br />

Crossover trial<br />

Co-existent problems<br />

Parents’ Behaviour Checklist: unsocialised<br />

aggression, sociopathy<br />

Conners’ Teachers’ Behaviour Checklist:<br />

defiance <strong>and</strong> aggressive misconduct<br />

Davids’ Hyperkinetic Rating Scale (teachers,<br />

parents): variability, irritability, explosiveness<br />

Diagnostic criteria<br />

See inclusion criteria<br />

Arm 2<br />

Levoamphetamine<br />

Ascending dosage schedule<br />

beginning with one tablet <strong>the</strong> first<br />

morning to maximum benefit or<br />

intolerable side-effects; mean daily<br />

dose 24.25 mg (? unclear)<br />

(Administered by parent)<br />

Duration<br />

Treatment periods:<br />

4 weeks per treatment<br />

condition. Total<br />

treatment time:<br />

12 weeks<br />

Number<br />

Total r<strong>and</strong>omised = 31 (male = 26)<br />

Total withdrawals reported<br />

Educational performance<br />

Davids’ Hyperkinetic Rating Scale (teachers,<br />

parents): school work<br />

Age<br />

8 years (mean), 4 1 / 2–12 years (range)<br />

IQ<br />

Not reported<br />

Arm 3<br />

Placebo<br />

Ascending dosage schedule<br />

beginning with one tablet <strong>the</strong> first<br />

morning to maximum benefit or<br />

intolerable side-effects; mean daily<br />

dose 26.25 mg (? unclear)<br />

(Administered by parent)<br />

Purpose<br />

To compare placebo,<br />

dextroamphetamine<br />

<strong>and</strong> levoamphetamine in<br />

children with minimal<br />

brain dysfunction<br />

Psychological function<br />

Not reported<br />

Depression or anxiety<br />

Parents’ Behaviour Checklist: withdrawaldepression<br />

Conners’ Teachers’ Behaviour Checklist:<br />

anxious-fearful<br />

Quality <strong>of</strong> life<br />

Global ratings (clinicians)<br />

Adverse events<br />

Parents’ Behaviour Checklist: somatic<br />

complaints<br />

Conners’ Teachers’ Behaviour Checklist: lack<br />

<strong>of</strong> health<br />

Co-morbid disorders<br />

Not reported<br />

Diagnostic subtypes<br />

Hyperkinetic n = 13; overanxious n = 8; unsocialised aggressive<br />

n = 10<br />

Additional information<br />

Previous medication:<br />

21/31 had never previously received medication for <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

behaviour problems. Participants were required to be<br />

(psychoactive) medication free for <strong>the</strong> month preceding <strong>the</strong> trial<br />

Additional outcomes<br />

Weight<br />

Blood pressure

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