Clinical Use of Continuous Performance Tests to Diagnose Children With ADHD
| Autor: | Joon Ho Ahn, Yeonho Joo, Jangho Park, Chang-Yoon Kim, Min Sup Shin, Hyun Jeong Lee, Hyo-Won Kim |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Adolescent Neuropsychological Tests Sensitivity and Specificity Severity of Illness Index Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cognition Developmental and Educational Psychology Reaction Time Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Attention Child 05 social sciences Reproducibility of Results Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Clinical Psychology Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity Diagnostic validity Female Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery 050104 developmental & child psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of attention disorders. 23(6) |
| ISSN: | 1557-1246 |
| Popis: | Objective: This study evaluated the diagnostic application of continuous performance tests in children with ADHD. Method: We recruited 114 children (aged 6-12) from August 2012 to May 2014. Seventy-nine children were diagnosed with ADHD and 35 were enrolled as controls. The Advanced Test of Attention (ATA) was administered to all participants. Results: There were significant between-group differences for the frequency distribution of four ATA variables. The ATA criteria yielded a diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of 84.8% and 45.7%, respectively. Discriminant analysis revealed that auditory reaction time variability and visual commission errors helped distinguish between the groups. Discriminate functions indicated correct classification of 64.9% children. ADHD children tended to have lower intra-class correlation coefficients. Conclusion: Our results suggest that the ATA distributions of ADHD individuals may differ from the general population; in addition, the ATA results could not independently diagnose ADHD. Therefore, they should be considered carefully before diagnosis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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