Child Behavior Check List, Korean Personality Inventory for Children, Computerized Attention Diagnostic System and ADHD : The Role of Dimensional Diagnostic Tool in ADHD Diagnosis

주의력결핍 과잉행동장애에서 아동행동평가척도, 아동인성검사, 주의력장애 진단시스템 : 주의력결핍 과잉행동장애의 진단에서 차원적 진단도구들의 역할

  • Cho, Hwan-Il (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Dankook University) ;
  • Do, Jin-A (Department of Clinical Psychology Laboratory, College of Medicine, Dankook Medical Center) ;
  • Kim, Hyun-Woo (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Dankook University) ;
  • Lim, Myung-Ho (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Dankook University)
  • 조환일 (단국대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실) ;
  • 도진아 (단국대학교 의료원 임상심리실) ;
  • 김현우 (단국대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실) ;
  • 임명호 (단국대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실)
  • Received : 2009.08.04
  • Accepted : 2009.10.06
  • Published : 2009.10.30

Abstract

Objective : We investigated that ADHD categorical diagnosis and the dimensional tools for the evaluation of ADHD, widely used in the clinical field, such as the child behavior check list- Korean version (K-CBCL), Korean personality inventory for children (KPI-C), computerized Attention Diagnostic System (ADS). Method : The DSM-IV clinical diagnosis applied by child psychiatrist. K-CBCL, KPI-C, ADS are used. Ultimately, totally 161 ADHD children and 161 controls were evaluated. Subject group are consist of 202 boys (62.7%) and 120 girls (37.3%), and the mean age was $9.5{\pm}2.0$ years old. Results and Conclusion : Social problem, and attention problem in the K-CBCL, correct response time standard deviation in the computerized ADS were statistically significant different and attention problem in the K-CBCL, hyperactivity subscale in the KPI-C were significant trait, between subject group and control group. The ROC value of attention problem in the K-CBCL, hyperactivity subscale in the KPI-C, and ADS were .78, .93, .86. Finally, we found that K-CBCL, KPI-C, ADS were significant corelation with the ADHD categorical diagnosis.

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