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@ARTICLE{Seibert:279513,
      author       = {Seibert, Susan and Eckert, Irina and Widmann, Catherine
                      Nichols and Ebrahimi, Taraneh and Boesl, Fabian and Franke,
                      Christiana and Prüss, Harald and Schultze, Joachim L and
                      Petzold, Gabor C and Shirvani, Omid},
      title        = {{V}alidity of the test for attentional performance in
                      neurological post-{COVID} condition.},
      journal      = {Scientific reports},
      volume       = {15},
      number       = {1},
      issn         = {2045-2322},
      address      = {[London]},
      publisher    = {Springer Nature},
      reportid     = {DZNE-2025-00840},
      pages        = {24208},
      year         = {2025},
      abstract     = {Neurological post-COVID condition (PCC) often involves
                      attentional deficits that impact daily functioning.
                      Traditional paper-based tests, like the Trail-Making Test
                      (TMT), may inadequately capture these impairments due to
                      their short duration and dependence on numerical and
                      alphabetic sequencing. This study evaluates the validity of
                      three subtests of the computerized Test for Attentional
                      Performance (TAP) as alternatives for detecting attentional
                      impairments in PCC. In the ongoing NEURO LC-19 DE study, 108
                      subjects aged 18 to 79 years, with PCC-related cognitive
                      complaints (n = 67, $73\%$ f) and healthy controls (n = 41,
                      $56\%$ f) underwent neuropsychological testing. The
                      prevalence of impairment and classification ability of the
                      TAP subtests were evaluated alongside standard paper-based
                      tests, including the TMT and Montreal Cognitive Assessment,
                      using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis and
                      regression. The TAP subtests identified significant
                      impairments in sustained attention and processing speed in
                      one-third of PCC patients, surpassing traditional tests in
                      sensitivity, and classifying PCC with an AUC of $78\%.$
                      Omissions in sustained attention significantly
                      differentiated groups (OR = 1.14, p = 0.016, $95\%$ CI
                      [1.02-1.26]). Fatigue correlated with poorer performance on
                      speed and accuracy (r > 0.30, p < 0.05). Cognitive slowing
                      is prevalent in neurological PCC but is scarcely captured by
                      conventional assessments. The TAP's computerized format with
                      automated norming and independence from alphanumeric stimuli
                      shows promise in improving the discriminatory ability for
                      identifying attentional deficits in PCC patients.},
      keywords     = {Humans / Middle Aged / Male / Adult / Female / Aged /
                      Attention: physiology / COVID-19: complications / COVID-19:
                      psychology / Neuropsychological Tests / Adolescent / Young
                      Adult / Cognitive Dysfunction: diagnosis / SARS-CoV-2 / ROC
                      Curve / COVID-19 (Other) / Cognitive impairment (Other) /
                      Complex attention (Other) / Neuropsychological assessment
                      (Other) / Post-/Long-COVID (Other) / Test battery (Other)},
      cin          = {AG Schultze / AG Petzold / AG Prüß},
      ddc          = {600},
      cid          = {I:(DE-2719)1013038 / I:(DE-2719)1013020 /
                      I:(DE-2719)1810003},
      pnm          = {354 - Disease Prevention and Healthy Aging (POF4-354) / 353
                      - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353)},
      pid          = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-354 / G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
      pubmed       = {pmid:40624269},
      doi          = {10.1038/s41598-025-09128-2},
      url          = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/279513},
}