Saboya Eloisa, Coutinho Gabriel, Segenreich Daniel, Ayrão Vanessa, Mattos Paulo
Psicóloga, Doutora em Saúde Mental, Instituto de Psiquiatria da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Psicólogo, Mestre em Saúde Mental, Instituto de Psiquiatria da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro e Centro de Neuropsicologia Aplicada do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Dement Neuropsychol. 2009 Jan-Mar;3(1):34-37. doi: 10.1590/S1980-57642009DN30100007.
Executive function deficits have been previously documented in individuals with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
The current study aimed to compare measures of executive functions among a clinical sample of adults with ADHD and normal control subjects, matched for age, gender and education.
Twenty-three self-referred adults diagnosed with ADHD according to DSM-IV criteria, and twenty-five control subjects were assessed using a neuropsychological battery which included the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, Tower of Hanoi, Digit Span, Trail Making Test (A and B), Stroop Test and Raven's Progressive Matrices.
The ADHD group did not differ significantly from the control subjects on any of the measures assessed.
Measures of executive functions using this test battery were unable to discriminate between adults with ADHD and control subjects in this clinical sample.
执行功能缺陷先前已在注意力缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）个体中得到记录。
本研究旨在比较一组患有ADHD的成年临床样本与年龄、性别和教育程度相匹配的正常对照受试者之间的执行功能测量结果。
根据DSM-IV标准，对23名自我转诊的被诊断为ADHD的成年人和25名对照受试者进行评估，使用一套神经心理测试组合，其中包括威斯康星卡片分类测验、河内塔测验、数字广度测验、连线测验（A和B）、斯特鲁普测验和瑞文渐进性矩阵测验。
在评估的任何测量指标上，ADHD组与对照受试者之间均无显著差异。
在这个临床样本中，使用该测试组合进行的执行功能测量无法区分患有ADHD的成年人和对照受试者。
