@article{ref1,
title="Describing the attention profile of children and adolescents with acquired brain injury using the Virtual Classroom",
journal="Brain injury",
year="2015",
author="Gilboa, Yafit and Kerrouche, Bernadette and Longaud-Vales, Audrey and Kieffer, Virginie and Tiberghien, Anne and Aligon, Delphine and Mariller, Aude and Mintegui, Amaia and Canizares, Céline and Abada, Geneviève and Paule Chevignard, Mathilde",
volume="29",
number="13-14",
pages="1691-1700",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: The objectives of the study were: (1) to describe the attention deficits profile of children with significant acquired brain injury (ABI) in comparison to matched controls, using the virtual classroom (VC); (2) to assess the utility of the VC in detecting attention deficits in children with ABI, as compared to classical neuropsychological tests and questionnaire-based assessment of attention; and (3) to determine how performance in the VC is affected by demographic and injury severity variables. <br><br>METHODS: Forty-one children with ABI and 35 age- and gender-matched controls, aged 8-16, were assessed with the VC. The results of the VC were compared to sub-tests of the Test of Everyday Attention for Children (TEA-Ch), the Conners' Parent Rating Scales-Revised: Short (CPRS-R:S) questionnaire and analysed according to demographic and injury severity variables. <br><br>RESULTS: Significant differences were found between the groups regarding the number of targets correctly identified in the VC. Significant inter-correlations were obtained between the VC variables. Significant correlations were found between the VC variables, the sub-tests of TEA-Ch and the CPRS-R:S and the demographic characteristics of the sample. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The VC appears to be a sensitive and ecologically valid assessment tool for use in the diagnosis of attention deficits among children with ABI.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0269-9052",
doi="10.3109/02699052.2015.1075148",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/02699052.2015.1075148"
}