Attention Functioning Levels in Male Children in the 9-11 Age Group With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (adhd): Case Study.
- Categoria: Volume 73 - Julho/Setembro de 2010
- Autor: Jeane Marta Guedes Aguiar, Vera Lúcia Bernardo de Almeida, Raul Manhães de Castro, Valéria Moura de Farias, Renata de Camargo Pinto Rocha Lima, Lúcia de Fátima Modesto Lopes, Natália Gomes de Morais, Valdenilson Ribeiro Ribas, Paula Vieira Ribeiro, Cristiano do Nascimento Siqueira
- Páginas: 8
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- ISSN: 1807-9865
- Biblioteca: Neurobiologia
- Ano: 2010
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Attention Functioning
Levels in Male Children in the
9-11 Age Group With Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (adhd): Case Study
Níveis de Funcionamento de Atenção em Crianças do Sexo Masculino de Faixa Etária entre 9 e 11 Anos com Transtorno de Déficit de Atenção e Hiperatividade (tdah): Estudo de Caso.
Vera Lúcia Bernardo de Almeida1, Valdenilson Ribeiro Ribas2, Cristiano do Nascimento Siqueira3, Paula Vieira Ribeiro4, Valéria Moura de Farias5, Jeane Marta Guedes Aguiar6, Renata de Camargo Pinto Rocha Lima7, Natália Gomes de Morais8, Lúcia de Fátima Modesto Lopes9 and Raul Manhães de Castro10
ABSTRACT
The attention was evaluated in 16 male children in the 9-11 age group, being 6 with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) of a private school in Recife-PE. The subjects were divided in 2 groups. Boys without ADHD, CONTROLS, n=10 and boys with ADHD, n=6. The evaluations of attention were made by the Digit Symbol, d2, Span of digits in direct order tests. Data analyzed by the Mann-Whitney test, represented with Median (Minimum and Maximum) with p<0.05. The boys with ADHD presented focus of attention, 28 (MIN=27 and MAX=29) and sustained attention 248 (MIN=243 and MAX=252) reduced,