| Attention Sustentation Test in Children with Learning Disables-A Pilot Study. |
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Chang jun Goe |
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Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Handicapped Children Seoul, Korea Yonsei University College of Medicine |
| 학습장애 아동과 정상아동에 있어서 집중력 지속검사에 대한 비교연구—A Pilot Study—
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연세대학교 의과대학 소아과 장애아동연구소 |
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| Abstract |
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It is well known that one of the characteristic common phenomenon of learning disable is distur-
bance in attention, which has been evaluated by subjective observation of parents or teacher which
is not accurate, may be different by the observers. It would be worth while to estimate attention
deficit in objective method as well as the degree of the severity.
A tool is designed to estimate the degree of attention by continuously showing simple design for 3
seconds at different sites on computer screen in random fashion and have the children copy the design
at the right sites continuously and by counting the errors in children with learning disables and
normal children. These study enrolled, 54 children with learning disables, as control 54 normal
children of age 8 to 10, and 52 normal children of age 11 to 12. The error was counted every 100
stimulations and observe the pattern of error numbers at every 100 stimulations until it reached to
400-500 stimulation.
In older age group mean error score was ranged 0.9 to 0.7 and younger age group, the mean score
ranged 1.71 to 2.45 and the mean error score was evenly distributed without relating to increasing
number of stimuilations in control group.
The mean error score in learning disables was 9.58 to 8.15 until the stimulation reached to 300. After
that the mean error score increased to 15.04 at 400 stimulations in older age group. In younger age
group of learning disable the mean error score was 15.48 at first 100 stimulations and decreased 9.07
to 9.24 at each 200 and 300 stimulations. After 400 stimulations, the mean error score increased to 14.
0. The mean error score of learning disable is about 10 times higher than that of normal children and
error score increased at 400 stimulations.
By this attention sustentation test the attention ability can be measured and this result reflects that
the children with learning disables are more distractable to compare with normal children and this
test may be useful to estimate the degree of attention deficit.
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| Key Words:
Learning disables, Attention sustentation test
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