Forbes G B
Department of Behavioral Sciences, Millikin University, Decatur, IL 62522, USA.
J Clin Psychol. 1998 Jun;54(4):461-76. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199806)54:4<461::aid-jclp8>3.0.co;2-q.
Ability of the Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA) to distinguish between referred children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and other (OTHER) clinical diagnoses were studied. The ADHD group differed from the OTHER group on TOVA variables and most measures from the Revised Conners Teacher Rating Scale (RCTRS) and ADD-H Comprehensive Teacher's Rating Scale (ACTeRS). The criteria of any one TOVA variable > 1.5 standard deviations from age and sex adjusted means correctly identified 80% of the sample with attention deficit disorders and 72% of the sample without attention deficit disorder. Cases misclassified by teacher ratings were often correctly classified by the TOVA and conversely. The TOVA makes a unique and important contribution to diagnostic evaluations.
研究了注意力变量测试（TOVA）区分患有注意力缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）的转诊儿童与其他临床诊断儿童的能力。ADHD组在TOVA变量以及修订版康纳斯教师评定量表（RCTRS）和注意力缺陷多动障碍综合教师评定量表（ACTeRS）的大多数指标上与其他组不同。任何一个TOVA变量高于年龄和性别校正均值1.5个标准差的标准正确识别出80%有注意力缺陷障碍的样本和72%无注意力缺陷障碍的样本。被教师评定误分类的病例通常能被TOVA正确分类，反之亦然。TOVA对诊断评估做出了独特且重要的贡献。
