Snappy App: a mobile continuous performance test with physical activity measurement for assessing Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Young, Zoe; Craven, Michael P.; Groom, Madeleine J.; Crowe, John A.

Abstract

A Continuous Performance Test (CPT) was incorporated into a smartphone application (App) to measure three symptom domains associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD); attention, impulsivity and hyperactivity. The App was pilot tested on 11 healthy adults over three testing sessions. No differences in performance were found between testing sessions suggesting good test consistency. A decrement in performance over time was only found for one measure of attention and on one testing session. The CPT showed some sensitivity to ADHD-related symptoms where self-reported impulsive behaviour was related to the CPT measures of impulsivity and activity. User acceptability was good although some design improvements were suggested. Further pilot testing of the App in a clinical population is needed. © 2014 Springer International Publishing.

Citation

Young, Z., Craven, M. P., Groom, M. J., & Crowe, J. A. (2014, June). Snappy App: a mobile continuous performance test with physical activity measurement for assessing Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Presented at 16th International Conference, HCI International 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

• Presentation Conference Type: Edited Proceedings
• Conference Name: 16th International Conference, HCI International 2014
• Start Date: Jun 22, 2014
• End Date: Jun 27, 2014
• Online Publication Date: Jun 9, 2014
• Publication Date: May 27, 2014
• Deposit Date: Jul 24, 2014
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 24, 2014
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Issue: 8512
• Pages: 363–373
• Series Title: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Series Number: 8512
• Series ISSN: 1611-3349
• Book Title: Human-computer interaction: applications and services: 16th international conference, HCI International 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 22-27, 2014, proceedings. Part III
• ISBN: 9783319072265
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07227-2_35
• Keywords: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Continuous Performance Test, m-Health, Ecological interfaces, New technology and its usefulness, Psychological application for user interface, Qualitative and quantitative measurement and evaluation
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/995767
• Publisher URL: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-07227-2_35
• Additional Information: The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07227-2_35
• Contract Date: Jul 24, 2014