Crippa Alessandro, Marzocchi Gian Marco, Piroddi Chiara, Besana Dante, Giribone Simona, Vio Claudio, Maschietto Dino, Fornaro Emiddio, Repossi Silvana, Sora Maria Laura
Scientific Institute, IRCCS Eugenio Medea, Bosisio Parini, Lecco, Italy
University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy.
J Atten Disord. 2015 Jun;19(6):455-67. doi: 10.1177/1087054714542000. Epub 2014 Jul 11.
The aim of this study is to test the discriminative capacity of executive function (EF) tasks to better define the cognitive functioning of children with ADHD and comorbidities.
One hundred four children were presented with a battery of new EF tasks and a rating scale filled out by parents.
Preliminary analysis of the neuropsychological tasks revealed the presence of five factors: Speed of Processing, Inhibition, Planning, Execution, and Retrospective Memory. All children with ADHD were impaired in Execution (a measure describing the capacity to achieve a goal). ADHD-only children were specifically impaired in Planning, while ADHD + reading disorder (RD) children were impaired in Speed of Processing and Retrospective Memory. Children with ADHD + oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) did not show impairment in any other EF domains. The five EF processes correlated with the EF Questionnaire.
The present study describes different cognitive profiles in children with ADHD with or without comorbid disorders using neuropsychological EF measures.
本研究旨在测试执行功能（EF）任务的辨别能力，以更好地界定患有注意力缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）及共病的儿童的认知功能。
对104名儿童进行了一系列新的EF任务测试，并让家长填写一份评定量表。
对神经心理学任务的初步分析显示存在五个因素：加工速度、抑制、计划、执行和回顾性记忆。所有患有ADHD的儿童在执行方面（一种描述实现目标能力的指标）均受损。仅患有ADHD的儿童在计划方面有特定损害，而患有ADHD + 阅读障碍（RD）的儿童在加工速度和回顾性记忆方面受损。患有ADHD + 对立违抗障碍（ODD）的儿童在任何其他EF领域均未表现出损害。这五个EF过程与EF问卷相关。
本研究使用神经心理学EF测量方法描述了患有或未患有共病的ADHD儿童的不同认知概况。
