investigation of the effect of the using of kinect-xbox game console in changing the weight of children with adhd disorders which use drug treatment

aim and background: a child adhd is one of the most common child psychiatric disorders. lack of drug treatment of the before mentioned disorder may leads to various problems in children because of weight gain. methods and materials: methodology used in this research is quasi-experimental intervention study which has done by using two experimental and control groups. our research population was the boys and girls came to behavioral scientific center of khorshid hospital in esfahan. our samples were selected from the children with adhd problems based on the ds im-tr criterion and definite diagnostics through clinical interview by child and adolescent psychiatrists (tr) with the age of 6 to 12 which were treated by risperidone with the dozes of 0.5,2 and 3 mg and they were at the beginning of their treatment. 60 persons were selected in a simple random method and divided into two groups and the basic weight evaluation, daily medical treatments, written suggestions for weight loss which has given to both groups. moreover 8 hourly sessions were done twice a week for a period of one month for using kinect-xbox gaming console. after a one month interval, the weight for both groups were recorded and evaluated once more. research data were analyzed with the use of covariance analysis. findings: effects of gaming console has succeeded to make weight loss in children as well as stopping to use these may lead to weight gain in them. for p<0.01.considering the comparison between the 1st and 2nd month weight measurement in experiment group which were less than the amounts were recorded for the control group and the comparison between 1st and 2nd month reveals that the weight of the 2nd month were more than the 1st month. regarding to the secondary findings of sex and type characteristics, it was not made a meaningful different between two groups. result: findings from this research reviles that gaming consoles have roles for controlling the procedure of changing weight with obese children with adhd disorders because of using drug treatments.