Bateria Psicológica para Avaliação da Atenção (BPA): desempenho de diferentes faixas etárias

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ResumoO objetivo do estudo foi analisar o desempenho atencional em diferentes momentos da vida. Participaram 1.759 pessoas, de ambos os sexos, e com idades variando de 6 até 82 anos. O instrumento utilizado foi a Bateria Psicológica para Avaliação da Atenção (BPA), composta pelos testes de Atenção Concentrada, Atenção Dividida e Atenção Alternada. Os resultados estão de acordo com o apontado pela literatura ao relacionar a atenção com as diferentes etapas do desenvolvimento. Nesse sentido, observou-se que houve um aumento de desempenho até o início da vida adulta, com um leve decréscimo a partir dos 30 anos, que fica mais evidente a partir dos 50 anos. Ainda, a ANOVA permitiu identificar seis faixas etárias que se diferenciaram claramente. Por fim, identificou-se que o desempenho em atenção dividida é inferior aos outros tipos de atenção. Sugerem-se novos estudos que permitam identificar e diferenciar um maior número de idades. Palavras-chave: Atenção, Desenvolvimento, Validade, Testes psicológicos. Psychological Battery for Attention Assessment (BPA): performance of different age groups AbstractThis study aimed to analyze the attentional performance at different periods of life. The participants consisted of 1.759 people, of both sexes, and ages ranging from 6 to 82 years old. The instrument used was the Psychological Battery for Attention Assessment (BPA), composed of the tests of Concentrated Attention, Divided Attention and Alternate Attention. The results are in agreement with that was indicated by the literature, relating attention to the different stages of development. In that sense, it was observed there was a performance increase up to early adulthood, a slight decrease from the 30s, which becomes more evident after 50s. Still, the ANOVA identified six age groups that clearly differed. Finally, we found that the performance in divided attention is lower than for other types of attention. We suggest further studies to identify and differentiate a large number of ages. Keywords: Attention; Development; Validity; Psychological tests. Batería Psicológica para Evaluación de la Atención (BPA): desempeño de distintos rangos etarios ResumenEl objetivo del estudio fue analizar la capacidad de atención en diferentes momentos de la vida. Participaron 1.759 personas, de ambos sexos, y con edades de 6 hasta 82 años. El instrumento utilizado fue la Batería Psicológica para Evaluación de la Atención (BPA), compuesta por los testes de Atención Concentrada, Atención Dividida y Atención Alternada. Los resultados están de acuerdo con lo mencionado por la literatura al relacionar la atención con las distintas etapas del desarrollo. En ese sentido, se observó que hubo un aumento en el desempeño hasta el inicio de la vida adulta, con una pequeña disminución a partir de los 30 años, que se queda más evidente a partir de los 50 años. Además, el ANOVA permitió identificar seis rangos etarios que se diferencian claramente. Finalmente, se identificó que el desempeño en atención dividida es inferior a los otros tipos de atención....

BDNF, inflammatory and oxidative levels in treatment-naïve ADHD children treated with methylphenidate: An open cohort protocol

“…Psychology students, under supervision of an experienced psychologist in neuropsychology will apply: Scale for screening drug use CRAFFT/CESARE [66] Social Skills Test for Children and Adolescents in School Situation (THAS-C) [75] ADHD Self-Assessment Scale – Version for Children and Adolescents (ETDAH-CriAd) [56] Standardized and validated psychological tests for the Brazilian population. Non-Verbal test of Children’s Reasoning (TNVRI) [76] Battery for Attention Assessment (BPA) [77, 78] Five digits teste (FDT) [79] Brief Child Neuropsychological Assessment Instrument (NEUPSILIN-inf) [80] Nutrition’s student under supervision of an experienced nutritionist will apply: 24-hour food recall [81, 82] …”

“…Standardized and validated psychological tests for the Brazilian population. Non-Verbal test of Children’s Reasoning (TNVRI) [76] Battery for Attention Assessment (BPA) [77, 78] Five digits teste (FDT) [79] Brief Child Neuropsychological Assessment Instrument (NEUPSILIN-inf) [80] …”

“…• Non-Verbal test of Children's Reasoning (TNVRI) [76] • Battery for Attention Assessment (BPA) [77,78] • Five digits teste (FDT) [79] • Brief Child Neuropsychological Assessment Instrument (NEUPSILIN-inf) [80] Nutrition's student under supervision of an experienced nutritionist will apply: # 24-hour food recall [81,82]…”

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“…PBAA is composed of three subtests that assess subtypes of attention in a specific period of time: Focused Attention reflects the subject's ability to select a specific source of information from several distracting stimuli; Divided Attentions reflects the subject's ability to search for two or more simultaneously stimuli in the presence of several distractors; Alternating Attention reflects the subject's ability to focus attention and select specific stimuli that constantly changes, in the presence of several distractor stimuli (Rueda & Monteiro, 2013). The analysis of the three tests together provides the measure of General Attention (Rueda & Monteiro, 2013).…”

“…General attention capacity is the result of the addition of the total scores of each subtest, with a maximum of 360 points. The greater the scores, the greater the attentional level of the subject (Rueda & Monteiro, 2013). For data analyses, we used the raw scores given by PBAA.…”