Shum David, Neulinger Kerryn, O'Callaghan Michael, Mohay Heather
Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Research Centre and School of Psychology, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia.
Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2008 Jan;23(1):103-12. doi: 10.1016/j.acn.2007.08.006. Epub 2007 Sep 27.
Behavioral rating scales and tests of attention were used to study attentional problems in children born very preterm (< or =27 weeks gestation) or with extremely low birth weight (ELBW; < or =1000 g). Psychological tests of attention (viz., Digits and Spatial Span Forward, Visual Attention from the NEPSY, Trail Making Test B, and Stroop Color and Word Test) were administered to 45 children born very preterm/ELBW and 49 full-term controls, aged 7-9 years of age. Behavioral ratings on an ADHD scale were provided by parents and teachers on inattentive and hyperactive-impulsive symptoms. Children born very preterm/ELBW were found to perform significantly more poorly on Spatial Span Forward, Visual Attention, and Trail Making B than controls. Group differences were also found on parents' ratings on inattentive and total symptoms. Finally, measures of psychological tests of attention were found to be significant predictors of parents' and teachers' ratings of symptoms.
行为评定量表和注意力测试被用于研究极早产儿（孕周≤27周）或极低出生体重儿（ELBW；出生体重≤1000克）的注意力问题。对45名极早产儿/极低出生体重儿和49名足月对照儿童（年龄7至9岁）进行了注意力心理测试（即数字和空间顺背、NEPSY中的视觉注意力、连线测验B以及斯特鲁普颜色和文字测验）。父母和教师提供了关于注意力不集中和多动冲动症状的ADHD量表行为评分。结果发现，极早产儿/极低出生体重儿在空间顺背、视觉注意力和连线测验B上的表现明显比对照组差。在父母对注意力不集中和总症状的评分上也发现了组间差异。最后，发现注意力心理测试的指标是父母和教师症状评分的重要预测因素。
