Quantifying ADHD Symptoms in Open-Ended Everyday Life Contexts With a New Virtual Reality Task

Erik Seesjarvi; Jasmin Puhakka; Eeva T. Aronen; Jari Lipsanen; Minna Mannerkoski; Alexandra Hering; Sascha Zuber; Matthias Kliegel; Matti Laine; Juha Salmi

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Quantifying ADHD Symptoms in Open-Ended Everyday Life Contexts With a New Virtual Reality Task

Erik Seesjarvi, Jasmin Puhakka, Eeva T. Aronen, Jari Lipsanen, Minna Mannerkoski, Alexandra Hering, Sascha Zuber, Matthias Kliegel, Matti Laine, Juha Salmi^*

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Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering

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Abstract

Objective: To quantify goal-directed behavior and ADHD symptoms in naturalistic conditions, we developed a virtual reality task, EPELI (Executive Performance in Everyday LIving), and tested its predictive, discriminant and concurrent validity. Method: We collected EPELI data, conventional neuropsychological task data, and parent-ratings of executive problems and symptoms in 38 ADHD children and 38 typically developing controls. Results: EPELI showed predictive validity as the ADHD group exhibited higher percentage of irrelevant actions reflecting lower attentional-executive efficacy and more controller movements and total game actions, both indicative of hyperactivity-impulsivity. Further, the five combined EPELI measures showed excellent discriminant validity (area under curve 88 %), while the correlations of the EPELI efficacy measure with parent-rated executive problems (r = .57) and ADHD symptoms (r = .55) pointed to its concurrent validity. Conclusion: We provide a proof-of-concept validation for a new virtual reality tool for ecologically valid assessment of ADHD symptoms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1394-1411
Number of pages	18
Journal	Journal of Attention Disorders
Volume	26
Issue number	11
Early online date	5 Dec 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/10870547211044214
Publication status	Published - Sept 2022
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

ADHD
executive function
naturalistic behavior
real-world attention
virtual reality
ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE-TEST
PROSPECTIVE MEMORY
OBJECTIVE MEASURES
CHILDREN
HYPERACTIVITY
VALIDATION
VALIDITY
DEFICITS
RATINGS

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