title: Psychometric properties of Persian version of the Sustained Auditory Attention Capacity Test in children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the psychometric properties (validity and reliability) of the Persian version of the Sustained Auditory Attention Capacity Test in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Persian version of the Sustained Auditory Attention Capacity Test was constructed to assess sustained auditory attention using the method provided by Feniman and colleagues (2007). In this test, comments were provided to assess the child's attentional deficit by determining inattention and impulsiveness error, the total scores of the sustained auditory attention capacity test and attention span reduction index. In the present study for determining the validity and reliability of in both Rey Auditory Verbal Learning test and the Persian version of the Sustained Auditory Attention Capacity Test (SAACT), 46 normal children and 41 children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity (ADHD), all right-handed and aged between 7 and 11 of both genders, were evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In determining convergent validity, a negative significant correlation was found between the three parts of the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning test (first, fifth, and immediate recall) and all indicators of the SAACT except attention span reduction. By comparing the test scores between the normal and ADHD groups, discriminant validity analysis showed significant differences in all indicators of the test except for attention span reduction (p< 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Persian version of the Sustained Auditory Attention Capacity test has good validity and reliability, that matches other reliable tests, and it can be used for the identification of children with attention deficits and if they suspected to have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
authors.affiliation: 1. MSc of audiology, Department of Audiology, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. sanaz.audiologist@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sanaz
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Soltanparast
authors.affiliation: 2. Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Sciences in Rehabilitation, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. jafari.z@iums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Zahra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jafari
authors.affiliation: 3. MSc of audiology, Department of Audiology, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. jsameni@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Seyed Jalal
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Sameni
authors.affiliation: 4. Assistant Professor of Biostatistics. Department of Statistics and Mathematics, Faculty of Health Management and Information Sciences, Health Management and Economics Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. salehi74@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Masoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salehi
keywords: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Children; Reliability; Sustained Auditory Attention Capacity Test; Validity