School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2014 Feb;68(2):120-6. doi: 10.1111/pcn.12096. Epub 2013 Oct 30.
To examine the usefulness of temporal measures of motor activity during psychometric assessment on two different assessment days, 1 week apart with a scope to help the early identification of hyperactivity.
Actigraph measures at the ankle and the waist were compared on the first and the second days of psychometric assessment in a total of 169 children (93 children in ADHD group; 76 children in Non-ADHD group) aged 3 years and 4 years.
There was a significant interaction effect between group and time on the activity level at the waist. Although the activity level of the waist in the children with ADHD did not significantly differ between Day 1 and Day 2, the activity level of the children without ADHD declined significantly from Day 1 to 2. A total of 70% of children were correctly classified into ADHD or Non-ADHD groups based only on Day 2 waist activity data.
The temporal consistency of hyperactivity in young children with ADHD during psychometric assessment is confirmed, indicating that objective measures of motor activity at the waist over different days of psychometric assessment can provide additional information for the stability of hyperactivity.
在相隔 1 周的 2 天心理评估中,考察运动活动的时间测量在心理计量评估中的有用性,以期有助于早期识别多动。
共 169 名 3 至 4 岁儿童(ADHD 组 93 名,非 ADHD 组 76 名)在心理计量评估的第 1 天和第 2 天比较了脚踝和腰部的活动记录仪测量值。
在腰部活动水平上,组间和时间间存在显著的交互作用。虽然 ADHD 儿童的腰部活动水平在第 1 天和第 2 天之间没有显著差异,但无 ADHD 儿童的腰部活动水平从第 1 天到第 2 天显著下降。仅根据第 2 天的腰部活动数据,70%的儿童被正确分类为 ADHD 或非 ADHD 组。
在心理计量评估中,ADHD 幼儿多动的时间一致性得到了证实,这表明在不同心理计量评估日的腰部运动活动的客观测量可以为多动的稳定性提供额外信息。