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20805597

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-8-31
pubmed:abstractText
This study evaluated the reliability of the 5-min psychomotor vigilance task (PVT) in a single-sex Australian primary school. Seventy-five male students (mean age = 11.82 years, SD = 1.12) completed two 5-min PVTs using a Palm personal digital assistant (PDA) in (1) an isolated setting and (2) a classroom setting. Of this group of students, a subsample of 37 students completed a test-retest reliability trial within the classroom setting. Using a mixed-model analysis, there was no significant difference in the mean response time (RT) or number of lapses (RTs >or= 500 msec) between the isolated and the classroom setting. There was, however, an order effect for the number of lapses in the isolated setting, with the number of lapses being greater if the isolated test was conducted second. Test-retest intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) in the classroom setting indicated moderate to high reliability (mean RT = .84, lapses = .59). Bland-Altman analysis showed no systematic difference between the two settings. Findings suggest that the 5-min PDA PVT is a reliable measure of sustained attention in the classroom setting in this sample of primary-aged schoolchildren. The results provide further evidence for the versatility of this measuring device for larger interventions outside the laboratory.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1554-3528
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
754-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Reliability of the 5-min psychomotor vigilance task in a primary school classroom setting.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, City East Campus Rm. P7-27, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia. andrew.wilson@postgrads.unisa.edu.au
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial