Test–Retest Reliability of Attention Network Test Scores in Schizophrenia
10.22722/kjpm.2017.25.2.210
- Author:
Jae Chang LEE
1
;
Ji Eun KIM
;
Min Young KIM
;
Jisun YANG
;
Myung Hun HAN
;
Hyukchan KWON
;
Kiwoong KIM
;
Sanghyun LIM
;
Eun eui JUNG
;
Ji Woong KIM
;
Woo Young IM
;
Sang Min LEE
;
Seung Jun KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, Keyo Hospital, Keyo Medical Foundation, Uiwang, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Schizophrenia;
Attention network test;
Reliability
- MeSH:
Ants;
Case-Control Studies;
Hand;
Humans;
Reaction Time;
Reproducibility of Results;
Schizophrenia
- From:Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
2017;25(2):210-217
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: Although the Attention Network Test(ANT) has been widely used to assess selective attention including alerting, orienting, and conflict processing, data on its test-retest reliability are lacking for clinical population. The objective of the current study was to investigate test-retest reliability of the ANT in healthy controls and patients with schizophrenia. METHODS: Fourteen patients with schizophrenia and 23 healthy controls participated in the study. They are tested with ANT twice with 1 week interval. Test–retest reliability was analyzed with Pearson and Intra-class correlations. RESULTS: Patients with schizophrenia showed high test–retest correlations for mean reaction time, orienting effect, and conflict effect. Also, they showed moderate to high test-retest correlations for mean accuracy and moderate test-retest correlations for alerting effect and conflict error rate. On the other hand, healthy controls revealed high test–retest correlations for mean reaction time and moderate to high test-retest correlations for conflict error rate. In addition, they revealed moderate test-retest correlations for alert effect, orienting effect, and conflict effect. CONCLUSIONS: The mean reaction time, alerting effect, orienting effect, conflict effect, and conflict error rate of ANT showed acceptable test–retest reliabilities in healthy controls as well as patient with schizophrenia. Therefore, the analyses of these reliable measures of ANT are recommended for case-control studies in patients with schizophrenia.
