IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 3822: Executive Function and Attention Performance in Children with ADHD: Effects of Medication and Comparison with Typically Developing Children

IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 3822: Executive Function and Attention Performance in Children with ADHD: Effects of Medication and Comparison with Typically Developing Children International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16203822 Authors: Miklós Futó Komáromy Balázs The emerging literature reports that children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) show deficits in executive functioning. To date, the combination of drug therapy with certain evidence-based non-medication interventions has been proven to be the most effective treatment for ADHD. There is a gap in the literature regarding comparing the executive functions (EF) of treatment naïve and medicated children with ADHD with both each other and typically developing children. Altogether, 50 treatment naïve and 50 medicated children with ADHD and 50 typically developing children between the ages of six and 12 were enrolled. The Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents (Mini Kid) and the Test of Attentional Performance for Children (KiTAP) measures were employed. Treatment naïve children with ADHD showed weaker performance on most executive function measures (12 out of 15) than either the medicated ADHD group or the controls. There were no significant differences between the medicated ADHD children and typically developing children in most KiTAP parameters (10 out of 15). Executive f...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - Category: Environmental Health Authors: Tags: Article Source Type: research