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Trial reportPloS one2018

Effects of schooling on aspects of attention in rural Burkina Faso, West Africa.

Anselme Simeon Sanou, Abdoulaye Hama Diallo, Penny Holding, Victoria Nankabirwa, Ingunn Marie S Engebretsen, Grace Ndeezi, James K Tumwine, Nicolas Meda, Thorkild Tylleskar, Esperance Kashala-Abotnes

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10 authors.

Anselme Simeon SanouCentre for International Health, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.ORCID 0000-0003-4721-0729
Abdoulaye Hama DialloDepartment of Public Health, Centre MURAZ Research Institute, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
Penny HoldingIdentitèa, Nairobi, Kenya.
Victoria NankabirwaCentre for International Health, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Ingunn Marie S EngebretsenCentre for International Health, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Grace NdeeziDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
James K TumwineDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Nicolas MedaDepartment of Public Health, Centre MURAZ Research Institute, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
Thorkild TylleskarCentre for International Health, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Esperance Kashala-AbotnesCentre for International Health, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe aimed to study the effects of schooling on aspects of attention using the Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA) among children in rural Burkina Faso.

methodsWe re-enrolled children of a previously community-based cluster randomized exclusive breastfeeding trial in rural Burkina Faso. A total of 534 children (280 boys and 254 girls) aged 6 to 8 years were assessed using the TOVA. We examined the effect size difference using Cohen's d, ANOVA and conducted regression analyses.

resultsForty nine percent of the children were in school. Children not in school performed poorly with a small effect size difference for 'Response Time', 'Errors of omission', and 'Errors of commission' compared to children in school. The effect size difference was moderate for 'Response Time Variability', and 'D prime score'.

conclusionSchooling affects different aspects of attention in rural Burkina Faso. In settings where literacy and schooling rate is low, public sensitizations of the benefits of schooling need to be reinforced and advice on sending children to school need to be provided continuously.

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AttentionRural PopulationSchoolsBurkina FasoChildFemaleHumansMale

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PMID30183764
PMCPMC6124811

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