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| Title: | The Diagnostic Utility of Executive Function Assessments in the Identification of ADHD in Children |
| Author(s): | Holmes, Joni Gathercole, Susan E Place, Maurice Alloway, Tracy Packiam Elliott, Julian G Hilton, Kerry A |
| Contact Email: | t.p.alloway@stir.ac.uk |
| Keywords: | Children with perceptual disabilities Learning disabled children Memory in children |
| Issue Date: | Feb-2010 |
| Date Deposited: | 17-Dec-2009 |
| Citation: | Holmes J, Gathercole SE, Place M, Alloway TP, Elliott JG & Hilton KA (2010) The Diagnostic Utility of Executive Function Assessments in the Identification of ADHD in Children. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 15 (1), pp. 37-43. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-3588.2009.00536.x |
| Abstract: | Background: Deficits in executive functions have been widely reported to characterise individuals with ADHD. The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of a range of executive function measures for identifying children with ADHD. Method: Eighty-three children with ADHD and 50 normally-developing children without ADHD were assessed on measures of inhibition, set-shifting, planning, problem-solving, response inhibition, sustained attention and working memory. Measures of sensitivity, specificity, likelihood ratios and diagnostic odds ratios were calculated. Results: Executive function tasks effectively discriminated between children with and without ADHD. Measures of response inhibition and working memory contributed the most to the discriminant function. Conclusions: Cognitive measures of executive function can be used to help identify children with ADHD and could be useful as additional diagnostic tools for clinical practitioners. |
| DOI Link: | 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2009.00536.x |
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