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- Title
Assessment of sustained attention in high-performance and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) children with a vigilance task.
- Authors
Servera, Mateu; Sáez, Belén; Iglesias Rodríguez, Tania
- Abstract
The main objective of this study was to compare children selected in a community setting with ADHD, high-performance, and normotypical development on a sustained attention task. Three groups of children were selected: ADHD (n = 42), high-performance (n = 20), and normo-typical development (n = 28). A brief computerized vigilance task (CSA'l'-R) was applied to compare attentional capacity and reaction time, 'l'he participants were divided into those with "attcntional dysfunction" and those with "normal attention" to analyze clinical validity. Children with high-performance were clearly differentiated from the other two groups, with large effect sizes. The differences between normo-typical and ADHD groups were only significant in the errors and in a nonparamctric index of attcntional capacity, but with small effect sizes, 'l'he CSA'l'-R showed good specificity and an acceptable positive predictive value, but low levels of sensitivity, and a p<x>r negative predictive value. Therefore, sustained attention could be a prominent mechanism in children with high capacities, 'l'he CSAT-R (and probably most of attcntional tasks) would be moderately useful in community settings for ADI ID diagnosis, but not to rule it out.
- Subjects
ATTENTION-deficit hyperactivity disorder; VIGILANCE (Psychology); CHILDREN'S health; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; ATTENTION
- Publication
Anales de Psicología, 2023, Vol 39, Issue 2, p223
- ISSN
0212-9728
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.6018/analesps.477731