AUTOMATED ASSESSMENT OF CHILD ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER

描述(由申请人提供)：此第一阶段SBIR申请的目的 是(1)提供关于结构化观察的附加验证数据 学术和游戏环境(肥皂剧)，一种评估 注意缺陷障碍的症状行为；以及(2)估计 一种新的自动化、循证版本的有效性和可行性 执行职能详细记录(DREFT)。德雷夫特是一个方便的 提供客观评估的15分钟模拟程序 注意力不集中、过度活跃和冲动的行为。在第一阶段，我们将 使用我们的发现更新1985年的肥皂手册(Roberts，Nilich，&Loney) 960名门诊转诊和6岁以下正常男女的计算机档案 和15岁。我们还将分析95名儿童的数据 管理Dreft，为新的自动化 程序，并与肥皂剧在有效性、可靠性和 实用性。这些调查结果将汇编成初步手册，供 Dreft的潜在用户。如果有必要，在第二阶段，我们将 对更多转诊的儿童实施DREFT，特别是 增加学龄前儿童、女性儿童和少数民族儿童的数量；集合 关于正常儿童的代表性标准化数据；并制作最终的 德雷夫特手术手册。 建议的商业应用： 执行功能详细记录(DREFT)是一种简短的、自动化的、基于证据的行为观察程序，儿科医生、家庭从业者、精神病学家和心理学家可以常规使用，作为对注意力缺陷/多动障碍(ADHD)和相关儿童和青少年行为问题的诊断和治疗监测的成本效益和客观补充。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The aims of this Phase I SBIR application are (1) to provide additional validation data on the Structured Observation of Academic and Play Settings (SOAPS), a research paradigm for assessing the symptom behaviors of Attention Deficit Disorder; and (2) to estimate the validity and feasibility of a new automated, evidence-based version, the Detailed Record of Executive Functions (DREFT). The DREFT is a convenient 15-minute analogue procedure that provides an objective assessment of inattentive, hyperactive, and impulsive behaviors. During Phase I, we will update the 1985 SOAPS manual (Roberts, Nilich, & Loney) with findings from our computer archives on 960 clinic-referred and normal boys and girls between 6 and 15 years of age. We will also analyze data on 95 children who have been administered the DREFT, providing validation findings for the new automated procedure and comparing it to the SOAPS in validity, reliability, and practicality. These findings will be assembled in a preliminary manual for potential users of the DREFT. If warranted, during Phase II, we would administer the DREFT to additional clinic-referred children, especially to increase numbers of preschool, female, and minority children; assemble representative standardization data on normal children; and produce a final manual for the DREFT procedure. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: The Detailed Record of Executive Functions (DREFT) is a brief, automated, evidence based behavior observation procedure that could be used routinely by pediatricians, family practitioners, psychiatrists, and psychologists as a cost effective and objective supplement in the diagnosis and treatment monitoring of Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and related child and adolescent behavior problems.