SynthesisEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2016
The clinical utility of the continuous performance test and objective measures of activity for diagnosing and monitoring ADHD in children: a systematic review.
Synthesis in European child & adolescent psychiatry, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04316832 (A Randomized-Controlled Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 84 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Randomized-Controlled Trial: the Effectiveness of a Single-session of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Training on CVC and Core Symptoms in Children and Adolescents With ADHD
Who cites it
84 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 191 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- QbTest for Monitoring Medication Treatment Response in ADHD: A Systematic Review.Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2023Pooled it
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- The impact of a computerised test of attention and activity (QbTest) on diagnostic decision-making in children and young people with suspected attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: single-blind randomised controlled trial.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2018Trial
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- Study of user experience of an objective test (QbTest) to aid ADHD assessment and medication management: a multi-methods approach.BMC psychiatry · 2017Trial
- Virtual reality (bio-)markers differentiate ADHD from depression and controls.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2026Article
- Beyond Traditional Continuous Performance Tests: The Incremental Diagnostic Value of Distractor-Embedded Paradigms.Psychiatry investigation · 2026Article
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- Intraindividual Variability in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: An Ex-Gaussian Approach.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
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- Relationships Between Parent Ratings of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Behaviors and the Virtual Reality Attention Tracker in School-Aged Children: Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Machine Learning for ADHD Diagnosis: Feature Selection from Parent Reports, Self-Reports and Neuropsychological Measures.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- An examination of sustained attention during complex multitasking scenarios.Cognitive research: principles and implications · 2025Article
- Discriminative Power of the Serious Game Attention Slackline in Children and Adolescents With and Without Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Validation Study.JMIR serious games · 2025Article
- Selective attention and sensitivity to auditory disturbances in a virtually real classroom.eLife · 2025Article
- Machine learning on a smartphone-based CPT for ADHD prediction.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- The Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Core Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms, Family Functioning and Social Functioning in Children Aged Six to Nine.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
- Multi-method ADHD diagnostics in children: CBCL and TRF lead the way.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Impact of visual distractors in virtual reality environments on sustained attention behavioral performance and EEG characteristics.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Article
24 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is typically diagnosed using clinical observation and subjective informant reports. Once children commence ADHD medication, robust monitoring is required to detect partial or non-responses. The extent to which neuropsychological continuous performance tests (CPTs) and objective measures of activity can clinically aid the assessment and titration process in ADHD is not fully understood. This review describes the current evidence base for the use of CPTs and objectively measured activity to support the diagnostic procedure and medication management for children with ADHD. Four databases (PsycINFO, Medline, Allied and Complementary Medicine (AMED), and PsycARTICLES) were systematically searched to understand the current evidence base for (1) the use of CPTs to aid clinical assessment of ADHD; (2) the use of CPTs to aid medication management; and (3) the clinical utility of objective measures of activity in ADHD. Sixty relevant articles were identified. The search revealed six commercially available CPTs that had been reported on for their clinical use. There were mixed findings with regard to the use of CPTs to assess and manage medication, with contrasting evidence on their ability to support clinical decision-making. There was a strong evidence base for the use of objective measures of activity to aid ADHD/non-ADHD group differentiation, which appears sensitive to medication effects and would also benefit from further research on their clinical utility. The findings suggest that combining CPTs and an objective measure of activity may be particularly useful as a clinical tool and worthy of further pursuit.
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