Soreni Noam, Crosbie Jennifer, Ickowicz Abel, Schachar Russell
University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
J Atten Disord. 2009 Sep;13(2):137-43. doi: 10.1177/1087054708326110. Epub 2009 May 8.
To measure test-retest reliability of the Stop-Signal Task (SST) and the Conners' Continuous Performance Test (CPT) in children with ADHD.
12 children with ADHD (age 11.46 +/-1.66) participated in the study. Primary outcome measures were stop-signal reaction time (SSRT) for the SST and CPT's commission errors (%FP). For each participant, we acquired three morning (8:00am) measurements and behavioral observations, separated by two 7-day intervals. Reliability of cognitive measures and behavioral observations was measured using the Intraclass-correlation coefficient (ICC).
ICC values for SSRT and %FP were 0.72. Consistency of behavioral observations was much lower (ICC =0.41).
Both the SST and the CPT yielded reliable measurements in ADHD children. Our findings lend further support to using these measures in the study of ADHD.
测量注意缺陷多动障碍(ADHD)儿童停止信号任务(SST)和康纳斯连续作业测试(CPT)的重测信度。
12名ADHD儿童(年龄11.46±1.66岁)参与本研究。主要结局指标为SST的停止信号反应时间(SSRT)和CPT的错误率(%FP)。对于每位参与者,我们在上午8:00进行了三次测量及行为观察,每次测量间隔7天。使用组内相关系数(ICC)测量认知指标和行为观察的信度。
SSRT和%FP的ICC值为0.72。行为观察的一致性则低得多(ICC =0.41)。
SST和CPT在ADHD儿童中均产生了可靠的测量结果。我们的研究结果进一步支持在ADHD研究中使用这些测量方法。