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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Johnsen, Kristin Heidi
• Kvitland, Levi Rostad
• Sollie, Henrik
• Reiestad, Magnus
• Jonsbu, Egil
• Hagen, Kristen
• Weidle, Bernhard

Titel

Is the Conners' continuous performance test helpful for assessing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in a clinical setting?

Ist Teil von

• Nordic journal of psychiatry, 2024-02, Vol.78 (2), p.120-127

Ort / Verlag

England

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Despite lacking validation for Norwegian populations, the Conners Continuous Performance Test II (CCPT-II) is applied to almost one-third of children receiving an ADHD diagnosis. However, evidence of the CCPT-II's ability to differentiate between children with and without ADHD is contradictory. Thus, this study examines how CCPT-II results correlate with ADHD symptoms reported by mothers and teachers in a sample representing ordinary child and adolescent mental health services and explores the extent to which the CCPT-II influences the diagnostic result. Correlations between CCPT-II results and ADHD Rating Scale scores and a clinical diagnosis of ADHD were analysed in children aged 6-15 years (  = 69) referred to a child and adolescent psychiatric outpatient clinic. Total ADHD symptom scores rated by mothers correlated with hit reaction time (HRT) block change (.260), HRT inter-stimulus interval (ISI) change (.264) and CCPT-II overall index (.263), while hyperactivity subscale scores correlated with omissions (.285), HRT (.414) and variability (.400). In teachers' ratings, total ADHD and both subscale scores correlated with commissions (.280-.382), while hyperactivity scores correlated with variability (.265). A higher number of commissions was the only significant difference in CCPT-II performance between children diagnosed with and children without ADHD. Correlations between CCPT-II results and ADHD symptoms were all small to moderate. As such, CCPT-II results should be interpreted with caution, because they correspond to a limited degree with other sources of information.