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Research Updates
Study examines long term attention problems in children with traumatic brain injury.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability in children and adolescents. Within the group that survive, childhood TBI results in cognitive deficits, behavioral problems, poor school performance, and diminished adaptive behavior (especially following more severe injuries). Attention problems are a common long-term outcome of childhood TBI and this is often accompanied by behavioral symptoms of hyperactivity and impulsivity. Secondary or acquired ADHD has been found to occur at significantly higher rates in children with TBI than in children without injuries with prevalence rates ranging from 20% to 50%.
Keith O. Yeates and colleagues conducted a study of the long-term affects on attention in children with TBI. The investigators relied on data collected as part of a prospective longitudinal study of children injured between the ages of 6 and 12, including children with moderate to severe TBI and a comparison group of children with orthopedic injuries (OI) not involving the head. Parents completed standardized ratings of attention problems soon after the child's injury and again during a long-term follow-up assessment that occurred on average 4 years post-injury. The children were also administered neuropsychological tests at the long-term follow-up assessment that measured attention and executive functions.
As expected, children with severe TBI displayed deficits in both cognitive and behavioral aspects of attention compared with those with OI not involving the head. In addition, they were substantially more likely than children in the OI group to display clinically significant attention problems. Approximately 20% of the severe TBI group displayed symptoms consistent with a diagnosis of combined type ADHD where as only 4% of the OI group did so. These findings confirm previous research showing both cognitive deficits in attention and executive functions and increased behavioral symptoms of attention problems and ADHD after childhood TBI.
Yeates, KO, Armstrong, K, Janusz, J, Taylor, HG, Wade, S, Stancin, T, Drotar, D (2005), Long-Term Attention Problems in Chldren with Traumatic Brain Injury. J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry, 44:6, 574-583.
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CHADD Annual and Regional Conferences
See information about the CHADD Annual Conference in Dallas (October 2005). Visit www.chadd.org. CHADD is also planning three Regional Conferences: San Francisco (June 4th), New York City (June 18th), and Detroit (June 25th). For more information or to register for these regional conferences call (301) 306-7070, ext. 119.
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