Impact of time on task on ADHD patient's performances in a virtual classroom

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作者
Bioulac, Stephanie [1 ,2 ]
Lallemand, Stephanie [2 ]
Rizzo, Albert [3 ]
Philip, Pierre [2 ]
Fabrigoule, Colette [2 ]
Bouvard, Manuel Pierre [1 ]
机构
[1] Ctr Hosp Charles Perrens, Pole Univ Psychiat Enfant & Adolescent, F-33076 Bordeaux, France
[2] Univ Bordeaux 2, USR CNRS 3413, Ctr Hosp Univ, Hop Pellegrin, F-33076 Bordeaux, France
[3] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA USA
关键词
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); Virtual reality; Continuous performance test (CPT); Impact of time; ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER; REALITY; REHABILITATION; VARIABILITY; STATE;
D O I
10.1016/j.ejpn.2012.01.006
中图分类号
R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
学科分类号
100204 [神经病学];
摘要
Background: Use of virtual reality tool is interesting for the evaluation of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) patients. The virtual environment offers the opportunity to administer controlled task like the typical neuropsychological tools, but in an environment much more like standard classroom. Previous studies showed that a virtual classroom was able to distinguish performances of children with and without ADHD, but the evolution of performances over time has not been explored. The aim of this work was to study time on task effects on performances of ADHD children compared to controls in a virtual classroom (VC). Methods: 36 boys aged from 7 to 10 years completed the virtual classroom task. We compared the performance of the children diagnosed with ADHD with those of the control children. We also compared attentional performances recorded in the virtual classroom with measures of the Continuous Performance Test (CPT II). Results: Our results showed that patients differ from control subjects in term of time effect on performances. If controls sustained performances over time in the virtual reality task, ADHD patients showed a significant performance decrement over time. Performances at the VC correlated with CPT II measures. Conclusion: ADHD children are vulnerable to a time on task effect on performances which could explain part of their difficulties. Virtual reality is a reliable method to test ADHD children ability to sustain performances over time. (c) 2012 European Paediatric Neurology Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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