2022, Number 2
Alternativa terapéutica para entrenar la atención en niños con afecciones neurológicas
Marrero SNT, Sánchez SM, Díaz CE
Language: Spanish
References: 6
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: CogniPlus is a scientifically based, interactive test battery that identifies the patient`s ability and automatically adapts. Given its characteristics and the advantages offered by it use, its utility for the entertainment of the attention functions in children with neurological conditions is justified.Methods: An intervention study was carried out, using the pre-experiment, in a sample of 56 children with neurological disorders and associated attention deficit attended at the International Center for Neurological Restoration from January/2018 to December/2019, whose ages ranged from 7 and 12 years, for two cycles (56 days of treatment), 6 weekly frequencies of 1-hour duration. The RH Crespo Test was applied for the initial and final evaluation. Results were compared using percentage calculation, the Wilcoxon Matched Pairs non-parametric test and Descriptive Statistics.
Results: They showed improvements in the number of correct strikeouts decrease in omissions, errors and execution time, increasing the Accuracy Index by 24.8%, the Net Efficiency Index by 0.33 % and obtaining a percentage of statistical significance of p<0.05 in non-parametric test applied.
Conclusions: The applied instrument influenced positively in the compensation of the manifest attention deficit in children with neurological affections sampled and to achieve a greater concentration of their attention in the execution of motor, manipulative and cognitive tasks.
REFERENCES
Idiazábal-Alecha MA, Sebastián-Guerrero MV, Navascués-Sanagustín MA, Arcos-Sánchez C, Arana-Aritméndiz MV, Ruiz-López C, Iso-Pérez JM. Estudio cortical de la atención en test de simulación militar. Rev. Neurol [Internet]. 2018 [citado11jun.2020]; 66: 331-339. Disponible en: http://institutoincia.es/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ESTUDIO-CORTICAL-DE-LA-ATENCION-EN TEST-DE-SIMULACION-MILITAR-2018.pdf