Association between Attention Function and Clinical Symptoms for Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Date Issued
2005
Date
2005
Author(s)
Guo, Ya-Jun
DOI
zh-TW
Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the association between the development of attention and behavioral symptoms of children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Methods: Samples included 15 children, aged 6 to 8 years old, who sought help at Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinic in Taipei Municipal hospital and were diagnosed with ADHD, and 12 children without ADHD and other psychiatric disorders from Taipei area. All subjects were tested by computerized program of attention tests including alertness, auditory sustained attention, visual sustained attention, inhibitory control go/no-go test and working memory. Their parents received a psychiatric interview to report on these children using the Chinese version of the Kiddi Schedule of Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia-Epidemiologic version (K-SADS-E) and completed the Chinese version of the Conners’ Parent Rating Scale-Revised: Short Form. Their teachers completed the Chinese version of the Conners’ teacher Rating Scale-Revised: Short Form. Result: The ADHD and normal group children differed significantly in the false alarm of go/no-go test and the omission of auditory sustained attention. The number of ADHD symptoms measured by the K-SADS-E was correlated significantly with the false alarm of go/no-go test。The normal group children had higher IQ. When IQ was adjusted, group difference in the false alarm of go/no-go test and the significant correlation between ADHD symptoms and the false alarm of go/no-go test still persisted. Conclusion: The major findings of this study are that ADHD children had higher false alarm rate in inhibitory control and the false alarm rate is associated with ADHD symptoms. To further confirm whether the improvement of clinical symptoms is correlated with the development of inhibitory control, a prospective follow up study should be carried out.
Subjects
持續注意
工作記憶
抑制控制
警醒度
sustained attention
inhibitory control
working memory
alertness
Type
other