Objective To assess the auditory/visual attention and response control ability of children with congenital hypothyroidism (CH) compared to healthy controls (HC). Methods 36 children with CH,aged (8.64±2.51) years,44.4% males,were compared with HC.Clinical data were collected from medical charts and questionnaires seeking information on family history,birth and perinatal period events,medications,and overall health history.All children were administrated by visual and auditory continuous performance test(IVA-CPT).The results were analyzed by statistic. Results The children with CH group had lower scores than control group (P<0.01) in auditory attention quotient,visual attention quotient and full attention quotient.In the aspect of control response,two groups of children in the auditory control and comprehensive control of comparative difference were not statistically significant,but quotient,differences between the two groups of children had statistical difference relatively in the visual control. Conclusion The children with CH performed more poorly than controls in sustained attention,especially the visual attention.
Key words
congenital hypothyroidism /
visual and anditory continuous performance test /
child
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