J Korean Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry.  2024 Oct;35(4):243-249. 10.5765/jkacap.240017.

Diagnostic Validity of the Comprehensive Attention Test in Patients With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

• Lee H
• Huh H
• Kim WY
• Lee EK
• Choi BS
• Kim B
• Yoo H

• KMID: 2560021
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5765/jkacap.240017

Abstract

Objectives
This study verified the diagnostic validity of the Comprehensive Attention Test (CAT) for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Methods
A total of 336 participants were recruited in this study, including 168 patients with ADHD and 168 control group participants who were one-to-one matched for sex and age. We measured selective attention (visual and auditory), sustained attention, interferenceselective attention, divided attention, and working memory in the ADHD and control groups using the CAT. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of the CAT were calculated.
Results
In this study, it was found that the sensitivity and specificity of the CAT were 0.879 and 0.846 in children, 0.855 and 0.838 in adolescents, and 0.800 and 0.733 in adults, respectively.
Conclusion
These results indicate that the CAT has a high diagnostic validity for ADHD from childhood to adulthood.

Keyword

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; ADHD; Comprehensive attention test; Validity; Sensitivity; Specificity