PERFIL NEUROPSICOLÓGICO DE CRIANÇAS E ADOLESCENTES ATENDIDOS NO AMBULATÓRIO DE ATENÇÃO E TRANSTORNOS DE APRENDIZAGEM

Abstract

This present study aimed to describe the neuropsychological profiles of children and adolescents treated at the outpatient clinic for attention and learning disorders, at the Lauro Wanderley Univertsity Hospital, as well as to compare the data from the cognitive functions subtests with age group and diagnostic hypothesis. Twenty-nine children and adolescents aged between 6 and 15 years, of both sexes, with education ranging from pre-school and elementary education, from public and private schools, participated in the research, it was a clinical group. For data collection, sociodemographic data, The Brief Neuropsychological Assessment Battery (Neuropsilin) and the Child Brief Neuropsychological Assessment Instrument (Neuropsilin-Inf) were used. Data were analyzed with the help of the IBM SPSS software (version 26), through descriptive statistics, comparison of means and non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis test. The results revealed significant differences between the evaluated functions, such as orientation, perception, attention, memory, working memory, oral and written language, visual-constructive and arithmetic skills, praxis and executive functions (verbal fluency and inhibitory control), with emphasis on greater difficulty in written language and less difficulty in perception. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder was the most prevalent diagnostic hypothesis, as well as male gender in relation to the diagnostic hypotheses. In the comparison between cognitive functions and age group, it presented a significant result only in written language. In the comparison between cognitive functions and diagnostic hypotheses, he obtained significant results for perception, memory, working memory and oral language. The objectives of this study were achieved and with the results acquired, it is still possible to observe the importance of understanding the manifestation of cognitive functions, from the neuropsychological aspect of the psychological assessment in the presented disorders.