Walker A J, Shores E A, Trollor J N, Lee T, Sachdev P S
Neuropsychiatric Institute, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2000 Feb;22(1):115-24. doi: 10.1076/1380-3395(200002)22:1;1-8;FT115.
The neuropsychological functioning of adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) was compared to that of healthy controls and individuals with mild psychiatric disorders including attentional complaints. Thirty adults in each group were examined on the Conners' Continuous Performance Test (CPT) and measures of attention, executive function, psychomotor speed, and arithmetic skills. The ADHD group performed lower than healthy controls on most measures. However when compared to the psychiatric group, the performances of the ADHD group were not significantly lower on any of the measures. The predictive power of the tests was poor in discriminating ADHD from psychiatric disorder. Implications for the clinical diagnosis of ADHD are discussed.
将患有注意力缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）的成年人的神经心理功能与健康对照组以及患有包括注意力问题在内的轻度精神疾病的个体进行了比较。每组30名成年人接受了康纳斯连续作业测试（CPT）以及注意力、执行功能、精神运动速度和算术技能的测量。ADHD组在大多数测量指标上的表现低于健康对照组。然而，与精神疾病组相比，ADHD组在任何测量指标上的表现都没有显著更低。这些测试在区分ADHD和精神疾病方面的预测能力较差。讨论了对ADHD临床诊断的影响。
