A study on attention network of children with absence epilepsy / 中国基层医药

ABSTRACT

Objective:To analyze the characteristics of childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) attentional network damage.Methods:A total of 40 CAE children and 40 healthy children who received physical examination in the Provincial Children's Hospital Affiliated to Anhui Medical University from November 2017 to September 2018 were selected for online examination by using the improved attention netwoks test (ANT).Results:The accuracy rate of attention network examination in CAE children [(94.98±2.20)%] was lower than that in the healthy control group [(97.58±1.52)%], and the difference was statistically significant ( t=6.151, P<0.001). The total mean response time of the CAE group [(1 076.9 5±190.32)ms] was significantly longer than that of the control group [(863.85±200.00)ms], and the difference was statistically significant ( t=4.882, P<0.001). The alertness network efficiency in the CAE group [(43.18±48.98)ms] was significantly lower than that in the control group [(66.18±37.37)ms], the difference was statistically significant ( t=2.361, P<0.05). The executive control network efficiency in the CAE group[(103.65±58.72)ms] was significantly lower than that in the control group [(72.28±42.56)ms], and the difference was statistically significant ( t=2.736, P<0.05). The directional network efficiency of the CAE group[(26.73±45.10)ms] was lower than that of the control group[(29.45±27.15)ms], but the difference was not statistically significant ( t=0.327, P>0.05). Age of onset was a relatively independent risk factor affecting the total mean response time of ANT in children. Conclusion:This study has proved that children with CAE have damage to attention network, and their age of onset is a clinically relevant risk factor for the level of attention network in them.