Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA.
J Atten Disord. 2012 Apr;16(3):190-8. doi: 10.1177/1087054711427398. Epub 2012 Jan 30.
Gender differences among children with ADHD are not well understood. The continuous performance test (CPT) is the most frequently used direct measure of inattention and impulsivity. This meta-analysis compared CPT performance between boys and girls with and without ADHD.
All peer-reviewed ADHD studies published between 1980 and 2010 that used a CPT and enabled gender comparison were included. Gender differences in commission (impulsivity) and omission (inattention) errors were analyzed.
Included studies comprised a sample of 772 boys and 325 girls with ADHD. Findings show that boys were significantly more impulsive than girls, but no difference with inattention was found. Within-gender analysis revealed that the difference among boys with and without ADHD was significantly larger than the difference among girls with and without ADHD.
The results indicate that gender is a significant moderating factor in the assessment of core ADHD symptoms when using CPTs.
儿童注意缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）的性别差异尚不清楚。连续执行任务测试（CPT）是评估注意力不集中和冲动最常用的直接方法。本荟萃分析比较了有和无 ADHD 的男孩和女孩的 CPT 表现。
纳入了 1980 年至 2010 年期间发表的所有使用 CPT 并能够进行性别比较的同行评审 ADHD 研究。分析了在冲动（注意力不集中）和遗漏（冲动）错误方面的性别差异。
纳入的研究包括 772 名患有 ADHD 的男孩和 325 名女孩。研究结果表明，男孩比女孩更冲动，但在注意力不集中方面没有差异。同性别分析显示，有和无 ADHD 的男孩之间的差异明显大于有和无 ADHD 的女孩之间的差异。
结果表明，在使用 CPT 评估 ADHD 的核心症状时，性别是一个重要的调节因素。
