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AUTOMATED ASSESSMENT OF CHILD ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: National Institutes of Health
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 1R43MH064364-01
Amount: $99,888.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 2001
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
BOX 9, 5002 WILSON AVE
MAYSLICK, KY 41055
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 JAN LONEY
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Business Contact
Phone: (606) 763-6120
Email: LODGE@MEDSCAPE.COM
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The aims of this Phase I SBIR application
are (1) to provide additional validation data on the Structured Observation of
Academic and Play Settings (SOAPS), a research paradigm for assessing the
symptom behaviors of Attention Deficit Disorder; and (2) to estimate the
validity and feasibility of a new automated, evidence-based version, the
Detailed Record of Executive Functions (DREFT). The DREFT is a convenient
15-minute analogue procedure that provides an objective assessment of
inattentive, hyperactive, and impulsive behaviors. During Phase I, we will
update the 1985 SOAPS manual (Roberts, Nilich, & Loney) with findings from our
computer archives on 960 clinic-referred and normal boys and girls between 6
and 15 years of age. We will also analyze data on 95 children who have been
administered the DREFT, providing validation findings for the new automated
procedure and comparing it to the SOAPS in validity, reliability, and
practicality. These findings will be assembled in a preliminary manual for
potential users of the DREFT. If warranted, during Phase II, we would
administer the DREFT to additional clinic-referred children, especially to
increase numbers of preschool, female, and minority children; assemble
representative standardization data on normal children; and produce a final
manual for the DREFT procedure.
PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION:
The Detailed Record of Executive Functions (DREFT) is a brief, automated, evidence based behavior observation procedure that could be used routinely by pediatricians, family practitioners, psychiatrists, and psychologists as a cost effective and objective supplement in the diagnosis and treatment monitoring of Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and related child and adolescent behavior problems.

* Information listed above is at the time of submission. *

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