Günther Thomas, Herpertz-Dahlmann Beate, Konrad Kerstin
Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und -psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Aachen.
Z Kinder Jugendpsychiatr Psychother. 2005 Jul;33(3):169-79. doi: 10.1024/1422-4917.33.3.169.
Neurological assessment is an intriguing tool for the characterisation of cognitive dysfunctions associated with childhood psychiatric disorders. The current article gives a short theoretical overview on neuropsychological functions such as attention and verbal memory. Selected clinical findings are summarised. Neuropsychological attention and memory tasks that are suited for the examination of children and adolescents are described.
The retest-reliability of these tasks was examined in a group of 33 healthy children within six weeks after the original test.
It was shown that reliability was generally high, albeit differing between some of the dependent variables. The greatest learning effects were found in younger children.
The selected neuropsychological tests seem suitable for clinical applications such as the assessment of cognitive deficits or the evaluation of psychopharmacological treatment. However, age-dependent confidence intervals should be considered if retesting is required.
神经学评估是一种用于描述与儿童精神障碍相关的认知功能障碍的有趣工具。本文简要介绍了诸如注意力和言语记忆等神经心理学功能的理论概述。总结了选定的临床研究结果。描述了适用于儿童和青少年检查的神经心理学注意力和记忆任务。
在一组33名健康儿童中，于初次测试后六周内检查这些任务的重测信度。
结果表明，信度总体较高，尽管某些因变量之间存在差异。在年幼儿童中发现了最大的学习效应。
选定的神经心理学测试似乎适用于临床应用，如认知缺陷评估或心理药物治疗评估。然而，如果需要重新测试，应考虑年龄相关的置信区间。
