Unilateral Visual Neglect was measured in 12 Attention Deficit
Disorder, Hyperactive elementary boys aged 8-12 years old, and
27 classroom derived boys also aged 8-12. Previous studies
have suggested greater numbers of omission errors on the left
side of the page in attention deficit disorder. This study
compared a carefully diagnosed group of hyperactives to a
classroom sample of boys to see if this type of error is
particular to the ADD with H dimension of attention. The
Behavioural Inattention Test (Thames Valley Test Company,
(1987) series of conventional subtests, was used. This test is
commonly used to detect neglect in stroke victims. Tests
involve line bisection, line crossing, star and letter
cancellation, representational drawing and copying of
drawings. No significant differences between the two groups
were found on non-parametric statistical testing of the
results of four comparisons: total test score, total errors,
left sided errors, right sided errors,. Some differences
between the groups were noted, but scores realized were very
close to the ceiling and few errors were made. It was
concluded that the BIT test is not especially suitable for
testing neglect in this population. / Graduate
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:uvic.ca/oai:dspace.library.uvic.ca:1828/8252 |
| Date | 09 June 2017 |
| Creators | Diamond, Susan J. |
| Contributors | Hett, Geoffrey |
| Source Sets | University of Victoria |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | Available to the World Wide Web |
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