BADS-C Instrument: An Ecological Perspective of the Executive Functions in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Journal Title: Acta Neuropsychologica - Year 2014, Vol 12, Issue 3
Abstract
Background: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is nowadays one of the most studied neurobehavioral disturbance. This pathology affects about 5.3% of children worldwide, while there has been registered a significant increase in the rate of prevalence over the last decade. Recent studies have revealed that alongside some characteristic symptoms of this pathology, it also affects the executive functioning. This investigation has as its purpose the studying of the executive functioning in ADHD, through the Behavioral Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome for Children (BADS-C). Designed to evaluate the executive dysfunction in children, this battery is based on a strong ecological validity, making possible a more sensible analysis and obtaining more valid and trustworthy results.Material and methods: 50 patients with ADHD (mean age= 8.79, SD= 1.706) and 50 patients belonging to the control group (mean age= 9.86, SD= 1.678), each group was evaluated with the neuropsychological battery BADS-C.Results: The group of children with ADHD showed a significant lower performance, not only in the final score, but also in the total amount of time used to complete the battery, in comparison to the control group.Conclusions: The presence of cognitive impairment in this context stresses the importance of investigative studies into neuropsychological assessment because through the selection of suitable tests to evaluate the executive functioning in a specific way it becomes relevant to the determination of accurate profile data on the functioning and child behavior, allowing for specific and effective therapeutic planning in each case.
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Rita de Almeida, Gerly Macedo, Emanuela Lopes, Luís Monteiro
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