Effects of psycho-educational training and stimulant medication on visual perceptual skills in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Antigone S Papavasiliou, Irene Nikaina, Ioanna Rizou, Stratos AlexandrouDepartment of Neurology, Pendeli Children&rsquo;s Hospital, Athens, GreeceAbstract: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is treated with stimulants and psycho-educational remedial programs despite limited lite...

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Autores principales:	Antigone S Papavasiliou, Irene Nikaina, Ioanna Rizou, Stratos Alexandrou
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Publicado:	Dove Medical Press 2007
Materias:	Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RC321-571 Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system RC346-429
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:65cdc8f3eb50444088b72d81751c93862021-12-02T04:31:08ZEffects of psycho-educational training and stimulant medication on visual perceptual skills in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder1176-63281178-2021https://doaj.org/article/65cdc8f3eb50444088b72d81751c93862007-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.dovepress.com/effects-of-psycho-educational-training-and-stimulant-medication-on-vis-a975https://doaj.org/toc/1176-6328https://doaj.org/toc/1178-2021Antigone S Papavasiliou, Irene Nikaina, Ioanna Rizou, Stratos AlexandrouDepartment of Neurology, Pendeli Children&rsquo;s Hospital, Athens, GreeceAbstract: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is treated with stimulants and psycho-educational remedial programs despite limited literature support for the latter. This study aimed to examine changes in a &ldquo;Test of Visual Perceptual Skills&rdquo; (TVPS) that has not been previously reported in children with ADHD enrolled in such a program.Methods: Sixteen children, 7&ndash;11 years old, with ADHD were involved in occupational therapy and special education geared towards attention training. Six months later methylphenidate 1 mg/kg/day was prescribed. It was not taken by eight children because of family choice. The TVPS was given twice, upon diagnosis, and 8 months post-intervention. The groups were compared by a repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) with medication as a between groups factor and test-retest scores as within factor.Results: All children demonstrated increases in total scores in the second measurement. Medicated children scored higher but ANOVA showed a nonsignificant F for the two groups, medicated and unmedicated (F = 0.0031, p = 0.9563), indicating a non-differential effect of the two levels of treatment. It revealed a significant F for the pre- and post-treatment total TVPS scores (F = 30.91, p&nbsp;&lt; 0.0001) indicating a significant difference between pre- and post-treatment tests. The interaction between pre-post treatment and level of treatment (medicated&ndash;unmedicated) was nonsignificant (F = 2.20, p = 0.1604).Conclusion: TVPS scores improved in all children following intervention. Medicated children did better, but differences were nonsignificant.Keywords: ADHD, stimulants, psycho-educational therapy, TVPS Antigone S PapavasiliouIrene NikainaIoanna RizouStratos AlexandrouDove Medical PressarticleNeurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatryRC321-571Neurology. Diseases of the nervous systemRC346-429ENNeuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, Vol 2007, Iss Issue 6, Pp 949-954 (2007)
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spellingShingle	Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RC321-571 Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system RC346-429 Antigone S Papavasiliou Irene Nikaina Ioanna Rizou Stratos Alexandrou Effects of psycho-educational training and stimulant medication on visual perceptual skills in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
description	Antigone S Papavasiliou, Irene Nikaina, Ioanna Rizou, Stratos AlexandrouDepartment of Neurology, Pendeli Children&rsquo;s Hospital, Athens, GreeceAbstract: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is treated with stimulants and psycho-educational remedial programs despite limited literature support for the latter. This study aimed to examine changes in a &ldquo;Test of Visual Perceptual Skills&rdquo; (TVPS) that has not been previously reported in children with ADHD enrolled in such a program.Methods: Sixteen children, 7&ndash;11 years old, with ADHD were involved in occupational therapy and special education geared towards attention training. Six months later methylphenidate 1 mg/kg/day was prescribed. It was not taken by eight children because of family choice. The TVPS was given twice, upon diagnosis, and 8 months post-intervention. The groups were compared by a repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) with medication as a between groups factor and test-retest scores as within factor.Results: All children demonstrated increases in total scores in the second measurement. Medicated children scored higher but ANOVA showed a nonsignificant F for the two groups, medicated and unmedicated (F = 0.0031, p = 0.9563), indicating a non-differential effect of the two levels of treatment. It revealed a significant F for the pre- and post-treatment total TVPS scores (F = 30.91, p&nbsp;&lt; 0.0001) indicating a significant difference between pre- and post-treatment tests. The interaction between pre-post treatment and level of treatment (medicated&ndash;unmedicated) was nonsignificant (F = 2.20, p = 0.1604).Conclusion: TVPS scores improved in all children following intervention. Medicated children did better, but differences were nonsignificant.Keywords: ADHD, stimulants, psycho-educational therapy, TVPS
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author	Antigone S Papavasiliou Irene Nikaina Ioanna Rizou Stratos Alexandrou
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title	Effects of psycho-educational training and stimulant medication on visual perceptual skills in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
title_short	Effects of psycho-educational training and stimulant medication on visual perceptual skills in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
title_full	Effects of psycho-educational training and stimulant medication on visual perceptual skills in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
title_fullStr	Effects of psycho-educational training and stimulant medication on visual perceptual skills in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
title_full_unstemmed	Effects of psycho-educational training and stimulant medication on visual perceptual skills in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
title_sort	effects of psycho-educational training and stimulant medication on visual perceptual skills in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
publisher	Dove Medical Press
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Effects of psycho-educational training and stimulant medication on visual perceptual skills in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

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